efficientia

The Catholic idea of sufficient grace is obtained by the distinction of a twofold element in every actual grace, its intrinsic energy (potestas agendi, vis) and its extrinsic efficiency (efficientia).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

From such passages as Luke, vi 19, "virtue went out from him", the Greek Fathers insist much on the dynamis zoopoios or vis vivifica, of the Sacred Humanity, and St. Thomas (III: 48: 6) speaks of a sort of efficientia whereby the actions and passions of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Possunt enim mala quae minime ualerent, si in bonorum efficientia manere potuissent.

The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

Non tam uero certus naturae ordo procederet nec tam dispositos motus locis, temporibus, efficientia, spatiis, qualitatibus explicarent, nisi unus esset qui has mutationum uarietates manens ipse disponeret.

The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

Sic in Scorbuto, cauflTa proxima eft corrofio iibrarum & vaforum minimorum lymphaticorum, cauflTa autem remota, falia funt hanc ipfam corro - fionem efficientia.

Caroli a Linné equit. aur. de stella polari archiatri regii med. et botan. profess. Upsal. Acad ... 1788