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  • Lexicography_, _s. v._ "sanctus," who also suggests a connection between the word and the attitude of the

    The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884

  • Same page, footnote 7, the first "sanctus" is expuncted.] [Footnote 6: _Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie_, vol. v, p. 429.] [Footnote 7: _Lives of Saints from the Book of Lismore_, Oxford, 1890, pp. 117-134.] [Footnote 8: _Four Ancient Books of Wales_, i, 124.] [Footnote 9: _Descriptive Catalogue of Materials for the History of

    The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints Anonymous

  • On 7 July, the second anniversary of the publication of the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, and to conclude a workshop in the Extraordinary Form, a Solemn Mass was celebrated in the Abbey Church of Grüssau (Krzeszów) in Silesia, Poland.sanctus. pl offers us some wonderful photos.

    Solemn Mass in Grüssau 2009

  • The obvious bird fossil Confuciusornis sanctus, for example, has long slender tail feathers resembling those of a modern scissor-tail flycatcher.

    Casey Luskin embarrasses himself again - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • Cordibus nostris, quæsumus Domine, cælestis gloriæ inspira desiderium, et præsta: ut in dextris illuc feramus manipulos iustitiæ: ubi tecum sanctus coruscat Abbas Columba.

    The Fulcrum of Civilization John 2008

  • It is sad that in many Roman Catholic parishes today the sanctus bells are no longer rung during Mass, an inexplicable break in a long-standing tradition.

    Archive 2009-07-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • B minor Mass: Quoniam tu solus sanctus « Anglican Samizdat

    B minor Mass: Quoniam tu solus sanctus « Anglican Samizdat 2009

  • Lastly there was the notable affair of Alcibiades and Socrates, the “sanctus pæderasta” 374 being violemment soupçonné when under the mantle: — non semper sine plagâ ab eo surrexit.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • I will acquaint him with my project, or if any worthy man will stand for any temporal or spiritual office or dignity, (for as he said of his archbishopric of Utopia, 'tis sanctus ambitus, and not amiss to be sought after,) it shall be freely given without all intercessions, bribes, letters,

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • They quoted the words of Jesus: "Go out into the world and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Euntes in mundum, Docete omnes gentes, baptizantes eos in nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus sanctus [Matthew 28: 19], hereafter referred to as Docete).

    A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005

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