ad majorem Dei gloriam
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Some of the greatest individuals the world has known dedicated their works ad majorem Dei gloriam.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
The society designated their object by Loyola's motto—Omnia ad majorem Dei gloriam.
From Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy by Delafield, John
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
His religious frescoes, supposed to be ad majorem Dei gloriam, were really for the greater glory of Goya.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James
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