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We are what theologians call capax Dei, capable of God.
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I N A. cedens in aliquo Officio, feu Dignitate, qoae habeataliquamJurifdiAionem annexam, quam - vis alias capax non fit exercitii Curz atiima - rum, tamen efficitur capax, & poteft per feipfam adminiflrare Jurifdiftionem, & com - mittere exercitiiim Cune Viro capaci talis po - teflatis, & Beneficia conferre, ut deducitar ex cap.
Adm. rev. p. F. Lucii Ferraris ... Prompta Bibliotheca canonica, juridica, moralis, theologica ...
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The distinction between a simple living being and a spiritual being that is capax Dei, points to the existence of the intellective soul of a free transcendent subject.
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"The distinction between a simple living being and a spiritual being that is 'capax Dei', points to the existence of the intellective soul of a free transcendent subject".
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As a misanthrope by temperament (rationis capax etc.)
Matthew Yglesias » If You Want to Get Things Done, Use Reconciliation
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In addition, two federally endangered mussel species, the pink mucket, Lampsilis orbiculata, and the fat pocketbook, Potamilus capax, have been collected from this stream.
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Also, under fourteen, though an infant shall be prima facie adjudged to be doli incapax[,] ... if it appear to the court and jury[] that he was doli capax, and could discern between good and evil, he may be convicted and suffer death.
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The mudflats are often partially covered by mats of Vaucheria (a green alga), and typically harbor cockles (Clinocardium nuttalli), gaper (Tresus capax), bentnose, and littleneck (Protothaca staminea) clams.
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As Tacitus wrote of the assasinated emperor Galba: “Consensu omnium, capax imperii nisi imperasset”, which is translated roughly as “Everyone agreed that he was capable of ruling until he actually got the job”.
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Tacitus wrote of him: “Consensu omnium, capax imperii nisi imperasset”, which is translated roughly as “Everyone agreed that he was capable of ruling until he actually got the job”.
biocon commented on the word capax
Capax means of capacity; able and ready to take or receive; capable (OED).
January 14, 2012