munus

The Latin word munus also signified a gift, but "a gift on some special occasion such as births or marriages"

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

ENGLISH 1. ECCLESIAE UNITATEM tueri, ut sollicite omnibus suppeditentur subsidia ad huic vocationi divinaeque gratiae consentaneis rationibus respondendum, peculiarem in modum Petri Apostoli Successoris est munus, qui perpetuum est et visibile principium fundamentumque unitatis tum Episcoporum tum fidelium1.

RORATE CÆLI 2009

ENGLISH 1. ECCLESIAE UNITATEM tueri, ut sollicite omnibus suppeditentur subsidia ad huic vocationi divinaeque gratiae consentaneis rationibus respondendum, peculiarem in modum Petri Apostoli Successoris est munus, qui perpetuum est et visibile principium fundamentumque unitatis tum Episcoporum tum fidelium1.

Archive 2009-07-01 2009

Moving from the characteristic nature of munus of ecclesial authority, the Code reminds the religious superior that he or she is first of all called to be the first one to be obedient.

Archive 2008-06-01 papabear 2008

Yet it is also the case that any appeal to the principle of academic freedom in order to justify positions that contradict the faith and the teaching of the Church would obstruct or even betray the university's identity and mission; a mission at the heart of the Church's munus docendi and not somehow autonomous or independent of it.

Archive 2008-04-13 papabear 2008

Yet it is also the case that any appeal to the principle of academic freedom in order to justify positions that contradict the faith and teaching of the Church would obstruct or even betray the university's identity and mission; a mission at the heart of the Church's munus docendi and not somehow autonomous or independent of it.

Archive 2008-12-01 Joanna Bogle 2008

Yet it is also the case that any appeal to the principle of academic freedom in order to justify positions that contradict the faith and teaching of the Church would obstruct or even betray the university's identity and mission; a mission at the heart of the Church's munus docendi and not somehow autonomous or independent of it.

Something to ponder... Joanna Bogle 2008

Nullum tam barbarum, tam vile munus est, quod non lubentissime obire velit gens vilissima.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Peri tamen studio et pietate conscribendae vitae ejus munus suscepi, et postquam sumptuosa condere pro fortuna non licuit, exiguo sed eo forte liberalis ingenii monumento justa sanctissimo cineri solventur.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Xenophon, in Cyropaed. graces it with a great name, Deorum munus, the gift of the gods, a princely sport, which they have ever used, saith Langius, epist.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007