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The Latins designate the creed in this sense by the name symbolum which means either a sign (symbolon) or a collection (symbole).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Still, in the first two centuries after Christ, though we often find mention of the Creed under other designations (e.g. regula fidei, doctrina, traditio), the name symbolum does not occur.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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He appears 'bona fide' to have believed the absurd fable of this Creed having been a pic-nic to which each of the twelve Apostles contributed his 'symbolum'.
The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Henry Nelson Coleridge 1820
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Fransus, l. 3. de symbolis qui primus symbolum excogitavit voluit nimirum hac ratione implicatum animum evolvere, eumque vel dominae vel aliis intuentibus ostendere.
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There is, as majesty might say, a symbolum to be disbursed — in other words, a mutual exchange of courtesies take place betwixt Beaujeu and his guests.
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Tunc exposui ei prout potui per interpretem meum, qui nullius erat ingenij, nec alicuius eloquentiæ, symbolum fidei.
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Expositio fidei in symbolum Athanasii, “Analysis of Faith in the Athanasian Creed.”
Peter Abelard King, Peter 2004
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Tunc exposui ei prout potui per interpretem meum, qui nullius erat ingenij, nec alicuius eloquenti�, symbolum fidei.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Creed as his pass-word (symbolum); which at Milan, and in other
The Prayer Book Explained Percival Jackson
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Ex hoc maiusculis litteris in nobilioribus amuletis conspicuum symbolum [Hebrew: MTSPTS] conficiunt, quod nihil iterum aliud, quam nomen Dei [Hebrew: YHWH].
Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy John Delafield
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