#ecclesiastical

[walksandwhatnot]

📍St Giles Parish Church, Wrexham, Wales

[illustratus]

[stone-cold-groove]

Baptismal Certificate No. 61 / The Ecclesiastical Ware and Religious Artifacts Catalog. John P. Daleiden Company - 1941.

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[ladychapels]

Windows incorporating medieval stained glass fragments, Bristol cathedral.

[dianasruby]

Catholic Phrases in Latin

Ad maiorem Dei gloriam - For the greater glory of God

Ave crux spes unica - Hail to the Cross, our only hope

Contemplata aliis tradere - to hand down to others the fruits of contemplation

Credo ut intelligam - I believe so that I may understand

Cura personalis - care for the entire person

Deo gratias - thanks [be] to God

Deo optimo maximo - to the greatest and best God

Deus vult - God wills it

Divi filius - Divine Son

Ex indumentis - from the clothing

Ex opere operato - from the work performed

Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus - outside the Church there is no salvation

Felix culpa - happy fault; blessed fall

Fiat lux - Let there be light

Fides quaerens intellectum - faith seeking understanding; faith seeking intelligence

Gratia non tollit naturam, sed perficit - Grace does not destroy nature, but perfects it

In hoc signo vinces - In this sign thou shalt conquer

In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas - unity in necessary things; freedom in doubtful things; love in all things

In persona Christi - in the person of Christ

Incurvatus in se - turned/curved inward on oneself

Mea culpa - through my fault

Memento mori - remember that you [have to] die

Missio Dei - mission of God

Nihil sine Deo - Nothing without God

Noli me tangere - cease holding on to m

Sensus plenior - fuller sense/meaning

Serviam - I will serve

Sic transit gloria mundi - Thus passes worldly glory

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Mosteiro da Batalha. Portugal, 2014.

Photos from my late mom’s Canon Elph.

[vox-anglosphere]

St Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney is so like England's York Minster