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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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As a misanthrope by temperament (rationis capax etc.)
Matthew Yglesias » If You Want to Get Things Done, Use Reconciliation
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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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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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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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