Lex Christianorum: Glossary

"Lex Christianorum crux est sancta Christi, filii Dei vivi."

"The law of the Christians is the holy cross of Christ, the living son of God."

--Pseudo-Cyprian (3rd cent.), De duobus montibus Sina et Sion, 9.6

"Lex Christianorum est magis bona, magis magna, et magis vera, quam quaecumque alia lex . . . . "

"The Law of Christians is more good, more great, and more true than any other law . . . ."

Bl. Raymond Lull, Quae lex sit magis bona (op. 209) versio latina 1 (Turnhout 1991), 172.

"Manifestum est quod dicantur esse tres leges et non plures; vidilicet, Lex Judaeorum, et Christianorum, et Saracenorum. Les Judaeorum est bona in quantum est fundamentum Lex Christianorum; sed Lex Christianorum est melior in quantum est completa; sed dico quod Lex Saracenorum sit falsa et erronea . . . ."

"It is manifest that, as it has been said, there are only three laws and no more; that is the Law of the Jews, the Christians, and the Saracens. The Law of the Jews is good in as much as it is the foundation of the Law of the Christians; but the Law of the Christians is the best inasmuch as it is complete; but I say that the Law of the Saracens is false and erroneous . . . "

Bl. Raymond Lull, Disputatio Raymundi Christiani et Hamar Saraceni, MOG 4, vii, p. 34.

"It is a singular thing to consider that there are people in the world, who, having renounced all the laws of God and nature, have made laws for themselves which they strictly obey . . . . "

"C’est une plaisante chose à considérer, de ce qu’il y a des gens dans le monde qui, ayant renoncé à toutes les lois de Dieu et de la nature, s’en sont fait euxmêmes auxquelles ils obéissent exactement . . . ."

Blaise Pascal, Pensées, No. 393.

"Quicumque legi naturali obviat, Dei voluntatem non servat."

"Whoever does not observe the natural law disobeys the Will of God."

Francisco Suarez, De Legibus, II.vi.6. (citing St. Anselm's De voluntate Dei)

"Ius naturale origo et principium est omnium virtutum et motuum ipsarum, ideo prius dicendum est de iure naturali."

"The natural law is the origin and principle of all virtues and their acts, therefore we must first speak about natural law."

--William of Auxerre, Summa aurea, III, tract. 18, vol. 18A, pp. 368-69.

"In lacrymas risus, in fletum gaudia verto: in planctum plausus, in lacrymosa jocos, cum sua naturam video secreta silere."

"From laughter to tears, joy to sorrow I change, applause to lament, mirth to grief, when I see the decrees of Nature put to silence."

Alanus de Insulis, Liber de Planctu Naturae (Alan of Lisle, On the Complaint of Nature), 0431A.

"Car pas de vraie civilisation sans civilisation morale, et pas de vraie civilisation morale sans la vraie religion."

"There is no true civilization without a moral civilization, and no true moral civilization without the true religion."

Pope St. Pius X, Notre charge apostolique.

"Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret."

"You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back."

Horace, Epistles, Book I, epistle iv, line 24.

"Naturale ius inter omnia primatum obtinet et tempore et dignitate. Cepit enim ab exordio rationalis creaturae, nec uariatur tempore, sed immutabile permanet."

"Natural law has primacy in all things, both in time and dignity. For it began with the beginning of the rational creature and does not vary with time. It stands immutable."

Gratianus Monachus, Decretum, Dist. 5, dict. ante c. 1

"Nemo habet doctrina tam sublimem et humanae naturae consonam sicut Ecclesia."

"No one has a doctrine so sublime and consonant with human nature as does the Church."

--Bishop Peter Cule of Mostar, Acta Synodalia sacrosancti Concilii Oecumenici (Vatican City, 1970-78, III/V, p. 545)

"Magistra natura, anima discipula."

"Nature is the teacher; the human soul the disciple."

Tertullian, De Test. an. C. 5 1 P.L. 616.

"Fratres autem vestri sumus, iure naturae matris unius."

"Your brothers therefore are we, for the natural law is our common mother."

Tertullian, Apol., 39, 1 P.L. 471.

Albrecht Dürer: Jesus Among the Doctors of the Law

And all that heard him were astonished at his wisdom and his answers.
Stupebant autem omnes qui eum audiebant super prudentia et responsis eius.
ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες οὶ ἀκούοντες αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῇ συνέσει καὶ ταῖς ἀποκρίσεσιν αὐτοῦ.
ועל תשובתיו
Y todos los que le oían estaban asombrados de su entendimiento y de sus respuestas.
وكل الذين سمعوه بهتوا من فهمه واجوبته.
E tutti coloro che l’udivano stupivano del suo senno, e delle sue risposte.
Alle aber, die ihn hörten, gerieten außer sich über sein Verständnis und seine Antworten.
Et tous ceux qui l'entendaient s'étonnaient de son intelligence et de ses réponses.
所有聽見他的人，都希奇他的聰明和應對
все слушавшие Его дивились разуму и ответам Его.
ܘܬܡܝܗܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܫܡܥܝܢܗܘܘ ܠܗ ܒܚܟܡܬܗ ܘܒܦܬܓܡܘܗܝ ܀
(Luke 2:47)

Prayer to Mary by John Paul II

O Maria,
Mater Misericordiae,
omnibus nobis prospice,
ne inanis reddatur crux Christi,
ne deerret homo a via bonitatis,
neque peccati conscientiam amittat,
sed spem sibi augeat in Deo,
qui dives est in misericordia,
libere exsequatur opera bona ab Eo praeparata
et sic fiat totam per vitam
in laudem gloriae eius.

O Mary,
Mother of Mercy,
watch over all people,
that the Cross of Christ
may not be emptied of its power,
that man may not stray
from the path of the good
or become blind to sin,
but may put his hope ever more fully in God
who is rich in mercy.
May he carry out the good works prepared
by God beforehand
and so live completely
for the praise of his glory.

(Source: Veritatis splendor, 120)

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