informis

'Tis the common doom of all writers, I must (I say) abide it; I seek not applause; [130] Non ego ventosa venor suffragia plebis; again, non sum adeo informis, I would not be [131] vilified:

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

[5511] Non sum adeo informis, nuper me in littore vidi,

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Improba, informis, impudica, temulenta, nutrix, &c. quoniam in moribus efformandis magnam saepe partem igenium altricis et natura lactis tenet.

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Si ferveat deformis, ecce formosa est; si frigeat formosa, jam sis informis.

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Terra autem erat informis et inanis, tenebraeque erant in superficie voraginis: et Spiritus Dei agitabat se in superficie aquarum.

Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

Terra autem erat informis et inanis; tenebraeque erant in superficie voraginis, et Spiritus Dei agitabat se in superficie aquarum.

Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

-- Ed. [44] The words T+H+W+ W+B+H+W+ are rendered in Calvin's text informis et inanis, "shapeless and empty."

Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

Obj. 2: Further, just as an act is said to be deformed through lacking its due form, so too is faith called lifeless (_informis_) when it lacks the form due to it.

Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas

Only to dead faith (fides informis) is the doctrine applied: "Faith alone does not justify".

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

Since our Divine adoption and friendship with God is based on perfect love of God or charity (cf. Gal., v, 6; I Cor., xiii; James, ii, 17 sqq.), dead faith devoid of charity (fides informis) cannot possess any justifying power.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913