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Capital in the church of Revilla de Collazos depicting the Peace and Truce of God: two mounted knights aim to duel, but a woman holds them back by the reins. [1]The Peace and Truce of God (Latin: Pax et treuga Dei) was a movement in the Middle Ages led by the Catholic Church and was one of the most influential mass peace movements in history. [2]
Adapted from Pax Romana. Pax Britannica: British Peace: A euphemism for the British Empire. Adapted from Pax Romana: Pax Christi: Peace of Christ: Used as a wish before the Holy Communion in the Catholic Mass, also the name of the peace movement Pax Christi: pax Dei: peace of God: Used in the Peace and Truce of God movement in 10th-century ...
The Pax Dei prohibited nobles from invading churches, beating the defenseless, and burning houses. Excommunication would be the punishment for attacking or robbing a church, for robbing peasants or the poor of farm animals and for robbing, striking or seizing a priest or any man of the clergy "who is not bearing arms". Making compensation or ...
Jesus Christ and the Twelve Apostles quoted the formula from the Old Testament, [2] [1] and they were preserved in the liturgy and Christian epigraphy.Like the "Dominus vobiscum", they were first used in the liturgy, specifically in the form of "pax vobis", by the bishop in welcoming the faithful at the beginning of the Mass before the collect or oratio.
A bishop says "Pax vobis" ("Peace to you") instead. Accent marks are supplied to indicate the stress. Dóminus vobíscum ( Latin : "The Lord be with you") is an ancient salutation and blessing traditionally used by the clergy in the Masses of the Catholic Church and other liturgies , as well as liturgies of other Western Christian denominations ...
The concept of Pax Romana was highly influential, and there were attempts to imitate it in the Byzantine Empire, and in the Christian West, where it morphed into the Peace and Truce of God (pax Dei and treuga Dei). [23] A theoretician of the imperial peace during the Middle Ages was Dante Aligheri.
de praescientia Dei: from/through the foreknowledge of God: Motto of the Worshipful Company of Barbers. de profundis: from the depths: Meaning from out of the depths of misery or dejection. From the Latin translation of the Vulgate Bible of Psalm 130, of which it is a traditional title in Roman Catholic liturgy. de re: about/regarding the matter
PAX Association, in Poland; Pax Forlag, a Norwegian publishing house; PAX Network, a US television network now known as ION Television; Pax World Funds, a US mutual fund company; Pax Labs, a US manufacturer of vaporizers and the Juul electronic cigarette; Pax, a Russian manufacturer of Ferris wheels and other amusement rides