ad vitam
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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"I believe the pope's ministry is ad vitam, for life," Francis says.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024
The project is calling the vehicle Ava, which stands for the Latin phrase ad vitam aeternam, meaning “to eternal life.”
From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2021
Translati sumus de morte ad vitam, quoniam diligimus fratres: qui non diligit, manet in morte.”886.Col.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
Perfecta servitus paenae, non potest jure locum habere, nisi ex delicto gravi quod ultimum supplicium aliquo modo meretur: quia Libertas ex naturali æstimatione proxime accedit ad vitam ipsam, & eidem a multis præferri solet.
From History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by Williams, George Washington
But when his attention was called to this passage, he first eliminated the causa sine qua non and substituted ad vitam aeternam for ad salutem, and afterwards changed this phrase into ad veram pietatem.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
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