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  • Peace of Augsburg in 1555 gave each German prince the right to choose the religion for his state, a principle called cuius regio, eius religio (whose region, his religion).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] TK 2010

  • Ave, cuius nativitas [Hail, whose birth] nostra fuit solemnitas, [brought us joy] ut lucifer lux oriens [as light-bearing morning star] verum solem praeveniens. [went before the true sun]

    Josquin's Ave Maria 2009

  • Ave, cuius conceptio, [Hail, whose conception] solemni plena gaudio, [full of great jubilation] coelestia terrestria [fills Heaven and Earth] nova replet laetitia. [with new joy]

    Josquin's Ave Maria 2009

  • Ave, vera virginitas, [Hail, true virginity] immaculata castitas, [immaculate chasity] cuius purificatio [whose purification] nostra fuit purgatio. [brought our cleansing]

    Josquin's Ave Maria 2009

  • Ave, pia humilitas, [Hail, pious humility] sine viro fecunditas, [fruitful without a man] cuius annuntiatio [whose Annuciation] nostra fuit salvatio. [brought us salvation]

    Josquin's Ave Maria 2009

  • Ave, praeclara omnibus [Hail, glorious one] angelicis virtutibus, [in all angelic virtues] cuius assumptio [whose Assumption] nostra glorificatio. [was our glorification]

    Josquin's Ave Maria 2009

  • In the part of the Missal containing the Order of Mass, the section titled Ordo Missae sine populo in the 1970/75 editions, now called Ordo Missae, cuius unus tantum minister participat in the 2002 edition, presuppose one server.

    On "Private" Masses 2009

  • Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui respicis terram, et facis eam tremere: parce metuentibus, propitiare supplicibus: ut, cuius iram terræ fundamenta concutientem expavimus, clementiam contritiones eius sanantem iugiter sentiamus.

    Global Warming John 2008

  • Trinitati gloria, cuius alma nos redemit atque servat gratia.

    Archive 2009-04-01 bls 2009

  • Trinitati gloria, cuius alma nos redemit atque servat gratia.

    Sing, my tongue bls 2009

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