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Old 05-31-2006, 09:39 AM
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Originally posted by VirginiaHuguenot
What are your favorite Latin sayings (along with the English translations)?
My apologies to Andrew!

Here are a few of my favorite Latin sayings, most of which were taken directly from Muller's Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms.

Scriptura sacra locuta, res decisa est (Sacred Scripture has spoken, the issue is decided).

Scriptura ex scripturim explicandum esse (Scripture is to be explained by Scripture).

All our preaching and teaching must be 'doctrina e Scriptura Sacra hausta' (doctrine drawn from Holy Scripture).

We proclaim Evangelium est Deus absolvens et justificans (The gospel is God absolving and justifying).

Fides justificat non propter se, ut est in homine qualitas, sed propter Christum, quem apprehendit (Faith justifies not because of itself, insofar as it is a quality in man, but on account of Christ, of whom faith apprehends).

Sinners are justificatus sola fide sine operibus (justified by faith alone without works).

Sola Scriptura est norma normans non normata (Scripture alone is the norm that norms [itself] not normed), and is therefore the only irreformable norm.

Vox Scriptura Vox Dei (The Voice of Scripture is the Voice of God).

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Christ Presbyterian Church (OPC)
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Augustine (354-430): Therefore what He [i.e., Christ] has deigned to speak to us, we ought to believe that He meant us to understand. But if we do not understand He, being asked, gives understanding, who gave His Word unasked. NPNF1: Vol. VII, Tractates on John, Tractate XXII, ยง1.