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Et Silla etiam ipsa peperit Thubal -- Cain, polientem omne opificium aereum et ferreum: et soror Thubal -- Cain, fuit Nahama.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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Kircher, Itinerarium exstaticum quo mundi opificium, id est, coelestis expansi (Romae, 1656).
COSMIC VOYAGES MARJORIE HOPE NICOLSON 1968
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Borrowed from Hobbes, who said, "Magnus ille Leviathan quæ civitas appellatur, opificium artis est."
Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2) John Morley 1880
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Continentes, docuerunt non contrahendum esse matrimonium; reprobantes scilicet primitivum illud opificium Dei, & tacitè accusantes Deum qui masculum & fæminam condidit ad procreationem generis humani.
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John Isaac Newton 1684
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„ Feriaque vi finitum est opificium promulgans vel instruens.
Annales Hebraeo-typographici sec. XV De Rossi, Giovanni Bernardo, 1742-1831 1795
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(Rome, 1650); "Itinerarium extaticum s. opificium coeleste" (Rome,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Heraclius; (5) "Hexaemeron", or "Opus sex dierum seu Mundi opificium", this is his longest and most elaborate poem and is dedicated to Sergius; (6) "De vanitate vitae"; (7) "Contra impium
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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