ad majorem Dei gloriam
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The Reverend Gentleman seems to think that stones are stones and St. Peter's but an organized quarry instead of a crystallization of the human spirit, building ad majorem Dei gloriam.
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Some of the greatest individuals the world has known dedicated their works ad majorem Dei gloriam.
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The pagans exalted sensuousness, the medi�val artists magnified faith, the artists of the Counter-Reformation used all the means of the former to reach the aim of the latter "ad majorem Dei gloriam."
From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Cammaerts, Emile
The Jesuit missionary in North America had no thought of worldly profit or renown, but, with his mind fixed on eternity, he performed his task ad majorem Dei gloriam, for the greater glory of God.
From The Jesuit Missions : A chronicle of the cross in the wilderness by Marquis, Thomas Guthrie
In omnibus pr� occulis habendo quod ad majorem Dei gloriam et universale bonum societatis fore judicabitur.—Cap.
From The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion by Dallas, R. C. (Robert Charles)
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