![]() ![]() Recogitant quousque vires imperii sui valent, et ita deum intellegunt adversus quem valere non possunt, per eum valere se cognoscunt. Quidni? cum super omnes homines, qui utique vivunt et mortuis antistant. Sciunt quis illis dederit imperium, sciunt, qua homines, quis et animam, sentiunt eum esse deum solum in cuius solius potestate sunt, a quo sint secundi, post quem primi, ante omnes et super omnes deos. Nos enim pro salute imperatorum deum invocamus aeternum, deum verum, deum vivum, quem et ipsi imperatores propitium sibi praeter ceteros malunt. Sources: Latin: Intratext. English: New Advent. Tertullian recognizes the legitimacy of the Roman emperor- the kingdom of God does not at once replace the rulers of the world. The political goods that such rulers can achieve are really good, and therefore the Christians pray for them: “We pray for life prolonged for security to the empire for protection to the imperial house for brave armies, a faithful senate, a virtuous people, the world at rest, whatever, as man or Cæsar, an emperor would wish.” The authority of the emperor is in fact derived from God: “I might say Cæsar is more ours than yours, for our God has appointed him.” And yet, “my relation to him is one of freedom,” for there is a higher authority than the emperor. ![]() They are a testimony to the continuity of Christian teaching on politics. 240) defends Christians against the charge that their refusing to offer pagan sacrifices for the well-being of the emperor is treasonous. motto from a poem about making stew saepe autem ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit "often, however, it is not even useful to know what is going to be": Cicero De Natura Deorum 3.The following chapters from the Apology of the early Church Father Tertullian (c. To die": Seneca inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est "inhumanity is harmful in any age": Cicero fronti nulla fides "no faith in the front": Juvenal Satires 2.8 gloria in excelsis Deo "glory to God in the highest": from Luke, & found in hymns sic transit gloria mundi "thus passes away the glory of the world": Thomas a Kempis ad maiorem Dei gloriam "for the greater glory of God": motto of the Jesuits in lumine tuo videbimus lumen "in your light we will see the light": motto of Columbia University numen lumen "divine spirit, light": motto of the University of Wisconsin, Madison volens et potens "willing & able": motto of Army Corps of Engineers non sum qualis eram "I am not the kind of person I was": Horace e pluribus unum "one out of many": U.S. of Dallas probitas laudatur et alget "virtue is praised & left to freeze": Juvenal potius mori quam foedari "to die rather than to be dishonored": Duchy of Brittany motto esse quam videri "to be rather than to seem": motto of North Carolina, & Kenyon College from Sallust's description of Cato the Younger in Bellum crudelius est quam mori semper timere mortem "it is crueler to always fear death than Marine Corps, & the city of Exeter, England quod nobis mori necesse est, vivere iam debemus "because it is necessary for us to die, we ought to live now": Petronius, Satyricon aut amat aut odit mulier, nihil est tertium "a woman either loves or hates, there is nothing third": Publilius Syrus veritatem iustitiam diligite "cherish truth & justice": motto of the Univ. Benedict nemo malus felix "nobody evil is happy": Juvenal nemo liber est qui corpori servit "nobody is free who is a slave to his body": Seneca nemo me impune lacessit "no one provokes me with impunity": motto of the kings of Scotland dictum sat sapienti "a saying to the wise is enough": Terence, Phormio dictum sapienti sat est "a saying to the wise is enough": Plautus Persa satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum "enough eloquence, too little wisdom": Sallust's description of Catiline, from Bellum Catilinae semper fidelis "always faithful": motto, U.S. when addressing saints, as in the Ave Maria ora et labora "pray & work hard": the Rule of St. Curtius Rufus aut bibat aut abeat "let him either drink or go away": Cicero, Tusculan Disputations nunc est bibendum "now we ought to drink": time to celebrate Horace Odes 1.37 oremus "let us pray": Latin Mass lead-in for prayer ora pro nobis "pray for us": usu. Parva levis capiunt animos "little things occupy light minds": Ovid, Ars Amatoria canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet "a timid dog barks more forcefully than he bites": Q. ![]()
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