operationis

"Principium operationis cujusque rei," the Essence of a thing in relation to its activity, or the Essence as manifested _agendo_.

The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 Various

"Natura est instrumentum Divinae operationis," might be taken as the motto for his whole system of natural science.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various

But in the latter case he must be ever ready to confer immediate grace for action (gr. operationis s. proxime sufficiens), if the adult has made a faithful use of the grace of prayer.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

* Largitas operationis infracta est .... nunc de patrimonio nec decimas damus et cum vendere jubeat dominus, emimus potius et augemus: [1659] 1

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908

* Aegros quoque quibus defuerit qui adsistat, curandos fovendosque suscipere summae humanitatis et magnae operationis est: [1568] 1

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908

Cyprian (in de Unit. xxvi.) complains of a lack of benevolence: “Largitas operationis infracta est .... nunc de patrimonio nec decimas damus et cum vendere jubeat dominus, emimus potius et augemus”

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908

Sed quoniam nulla relatio ad se ipsum referri potest, idcirco quod ea secundum se ipsum est praedicatio quae relatione caret, facta quidem est trinitatis numerositas in eo quod est praedicatio relationis, seruata uero unitas in eo quod est indifferentia uel substantiae uel operationis uel omnino eius quae secundum se dicitur praedicationis.

The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

Modum hujus operationis fideles in hac vita plene comprehendere non possunt; in eo interim acquiescentes, quod per istam Dei gratiam, se corde credere, et Servatorem suum diligere, sciant ac sentiant.

The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

Coeterum, quod ad modum operationis ejus gratiae attinet, non est ille irresistibilis, quandoquidem scriptum est de multis, quod: [10239] 1

The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

* Qui docent, 'Gratiam, qua convertimur ad Deum, nihil aliud esse quam lenem suasionem; seu' (ut alii explicant) 'nobilissimum agendi modum in conversione hominis, et naturae humanae convenientissimum esse, qui fiat suasionibus; nihilque obstare quo minus vel sola moralis gratia homines animales reddat spirituales; imo Deum non aliter quam morali ratione consensum voluntatis producere: atque in eo consistere operationis divinae efficaciam, qua Satanae operationem superet, quod Deus aeterna bona, Satan autem temporaria promittat.'

The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889