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  • M.] 59 Quinta regio Piceni est; quondam uberrimae multitudinis, ccclx. millia Picentium in fidem P.R. venere, (Plin.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • Deus, qui beatam Ioannam Virginem ad fidem ac patriam tuendam mirabiliter suscitasti: da, quæsumus, eius intercessione; ut Ecclesia tua, hostium superatis insidiis, perpetua pace fruatur.

    May 30 -- St Joan of Arc John 2009

  • Deus, qui beatam Ioannam Virginem ad fidem ac patriam tuendam mirabiliter suscitasti: da, quæsumus, eius intercessione; ut Ecclesia tua, hostium superatis insidiis, perpetua pace fruatur.

    May 30 -- St Joan of Arc John 2009

  • "Sed propositum salutis et eos amplectitur, qui Creatorem agnoscunt, inter quos imprimis Musulmanos, qui fidem Abrahae se tenere profitentes, nobiscum Deum adorant unicum, misericordem, homines die novissimo iudicaturum." from Lumen Gentium §16.

    CONFIRMED 2009

  • From the dictionary, perfidy is defined as "violation of a trust reposed", "from phrase per fidem decipere 'to deceive through trustingness'", "calculated violation of trust; treachery".

    They just can't resist reaching for the sensational 2008

  • "Prima conversion fit per fidem," St. Thomas Aquinas would say, the first conversion consists in believing.

    Archive 2008-11-30 papabear 2008

  • "Prima conversion fit per fidem," St. Thomas Aquinas would say, the first conversion consists in believing.

    Zenit: Father Cantalamessa's 1st Advent Sermon papabear 2008

  • "Prima conversion fit per fidem," St. Thomas Aquinas would say, the first conversion consists in believing.

    Archive 2008-12-01 papabear 2008

  • For the last inconvenience, that men will counsel, with an eye to themselves; certainly, non inveniet fidem super terram is meant, of the nature of times, and not of all particular persons.

    The Essays 2007

  • Qui talibus credunt, aut ad eorum domos euntes, aut suis domibus introducunt, aut interrogant, sciant se fidem Christianam et baptismum praevaricasse, et Apostatas esse.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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