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I need good religious latin quotes?

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  1. Ie Jesu Domine, Dona Eis Requiem. (Thump!)


  2. Jerome's translation of the Bible into Latin means that all of scripture is available in a source revered for over a thousand years.  Any devout Catholic knows plenty of Latin phrases, such as "Ave Maria" [Hail Mary], "Pater Noster" [Our Father], "Peccavi" [I have sinned], "Mea culpa" [my fault], and "Absolvo te" [I acquit you] to name a few.  I'm not Catholic, but these have become part of the English language.

    Here are some more.  I'm leaving out the quotation marks.

    absit omen - may this not be an omen

    a cruce salus - salvation comes from the cross

    ad clerum - for [the ears of] the clergy

    Adeste Fideles - Come ye faithful

    ad vitam aeternam - for eternal life

    advocatus diaboli - Devil's advocate

    Agnus Dei - Lamb of God

    anno Domini - in the year of our Lord

    ante Christum - before Christ [B.C.]

    apage Satanas - away with thee, Satan

    Beata Maria - Blessed Mary [one of many titles for Mary]

    beati pauperes spiritu - blessed are the poor in spirit

    confiteor - I confess

    consummatum est - it is completed [last words of Jesus on

         cross]

    credo quis absurdum est - I believe because it is

         unreasonable

    cuius regio eius religio - the ruler [of a land] chooses its

         religion

    Dei gratia - by the grace of God

    Deo favente - with God's favor

    Deo gratias - thanks to God

    Deo iuvante - with God's help [iuvante = juvante]

    Deo optimo maximo - to God, the best, the greatest

    Deo volente - God willing

    de profundis - out of the depths [of dispair]; Psalm 130

    Deus Misereatur - May God Have Mercy; Psalm 67

    Deus vobiscum - God be with you

    Deus vult - God wills it

    Dies Irae - Day of wrath [last judgment]

    Domino, dirige nos - Lord, direct us

    Dominus illuminatio mea - the Lord is my light

    ecce homo - behold the man [words of Pontus Pilate]

    fiat lux - let there be light [Genesis I]

    fiat voluntas Tua - Thy will be done [Lord's prayer]

    Gloria in Excelsis Deo - Glory be to God on high

    in pectore - in the breast [appointment of a Cardinal by the

         Pope without an announcement]

    ite, missa est - go, the mass is ended

    laus Deo - praise be to God

    Missa solemnis - High mass

    nil novi sub sole - nothing new under the sun [Ecclesiastes]

    noli me tangere - don't touch me [John: Jesus to Mary]

    nunc dimittis - now you may depart [Luke]

    ora et labora - pray and work

    ora pro nobis - pray for us

    pax vobiscum - peace be unto you [traditional blessing]

    promotor fidei - promoter of the faith

    quod avertat Deus - which may God avert [God forbid!]

    retro Satanas - get thee behind me, Satan

    ruat caelum - though the heavens fall

    soli Deo gloria - glory to God alone

    sursum corda - lift up your hearts [the mass]

    terra es, terram ibis - dust thou art, to dust thou shalt return

    utcumque placuerit Deo - however it may please God

    vigilate et orate - watch and pray

    vox clamantis in deserto - the voice of one crying in the

         wilderness [John the Baptist]

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