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His most important theological work is a rejoinder to Henry VIII of England and is entitled: "Hierarchiæ ecclesiasticæ assertio" (Cologne, 1538, dedicated to Paul III; later editions, 1544, 1558, 1572).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Haec enim assertio in Dei Patris sapientiam meritumque Jesu Christi contumeliosa, et
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Haec enim assertio in Dei Patris sapientiam meritumque Jesu Christi contumeliosa, et Scripturae contraria est.
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If it be true, as Bacon says, '_prudens interrogatio dimidium scientiæ_,' it is also true, '_imprudens assertio excidium scientiæ_.'
The History of Dartmouth College Baxter Perry Smith 1856
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Facit assertio sua, et constans vultus, ut credam aliquid.
Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852
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His greatest work was his _Hierarchiæ ecclesiasticæ assertio_ (1538).
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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The first is the problematical idealism of Descartes, who admits the undoubted certainty of only one empirical assertion (assertio), to wit, "I am."
The Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant 1764
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_suppressio veri_ concerning books, systems, men, and events, the occasional though unintended _assertio falsi_, the eager conversion of theories into facts, constructions unfair and uncandid and, throughout, with much that is bright and just, that 'admixture of a lie that doth ever add pleasure' to its author and grief to the judicious.
The History of Dartmouth College Baxter Perry Smith 1856
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_suppressio veri_ which follows close on the footsteps of the _assertio falsi_?
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