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  • And in conclusion (which Charles the Seventh, that good French king, published in an edict against gamesters) unde piae et hilaris vitae, suffugium sibi suisque liberis, totique familiae, &c.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • I compute among piae fraudes, nor many degrees before consecrated swords and roses, that which Baldwin, king of Jerusalem, returned the

    Religio Medici 2007

  • And therefore in that style or addition, which is and hath been long well received and brought in use, felicis memoriae, piae memoriae, bonae memoriae, we do acknowledge that which Cicero saith, borrowing it from Demosthenes, that bona fama propria possessio defunctorum; which possession I cannot but note that in our times it lieth much waste, and that therein there is a deficience.

    The Advancement of Learning 2003

  • Hymni, sequentiae et piae cantiones in regno Sueciae olim usitatae

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

  • Those which do are more correctly called religious congregations than the others, which are called piae congregationes, piae societates (pious congregations or pious societies.)

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • Abunde piae vetustati satis erat, mutuus ille in praecipuis fidei dogmatibus, inque sensu orthodoxo et caritate fraterna, consensus.

    The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

  • * Quanquam autem haec doctrina contemnitur ab imperitis, tamen experiuntur piae ac pavidae conscientiae, plurimum eam consolationis afferre, quia conscientiae non possunt reddi tranquillae per ulla opera, sed tantum fide, cum certo statuunt, quod propter Christum habeant placatum Deum; quemadmodum Paulus docet: [10878] 1

    The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

  • Abunde piae vetustati satis erat, mutuus ille in praecipuis fidei dogmatibus, inque sensu orthodoxo et caritate fraterna, consensus.

    The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

  • * Credimus igitur et sentimus, quando doctrina de electione Dei ad vitam aeternam eo modo proponitur, ut perturbatae piae mentes ex ea consolationem nullam capere queant, sed potius per eam in animi angustias: [9897] 1

    The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

  • * Rejicimus atque damnamus unanimi consensu omnes erroneos, quos jam recitabimus, articulos, ut qui commemoratae piae doctrinae, simplicitati fidei et sincerae confessioni de Coena Domini repugnant.

    The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

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