The complete Latin phrase means that man has the capacity (capax) to see (visionis) the divine (divinae) essence (essentiae).
Capax (adj) will do it.
Severinus Waltherus Slueter has written: 'Antitheses philanthropiae divinae et misanthropiae Calvinianae circa aeternam hominum salutem..'
Gilles Langevin has written: 'Capax Dei' -- subject(s): Man (Christian theology) 'La foi et le temps' -- subject(s): Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965)
Capable probably stems from the Latin word 'Capax' having such meaning as to take, grasp, lay hold, catch, undertake and comprehend. A Late Latin word deveopled as 'capabilis' which translates as being able to take in. This word passed into old French and eventually into English
Georg Gutke has written: 'Logiae divinae, seu peripateticae ad reclae rationis principia in abstratione Entis ut vocant, revocatae, et in sijn opsin in usum trionum redacta' -- subject(s): Early works to 1800, Philosophy and religion, Dialectical theology
.Catholic AnswerIf confirmation is separated from Baptism, it begins with the renewal of baptismal promises and the profession of faith. Then the bishop extends his hands over them and invokes the outpouring of the Spirit. The essential rite follows: in the Latin rite, confirmation is conferred through the anointing with chrism on the forehead, laying on of the hand, and the words: 'Accipe signaculum doni Spiritus Sancti" [Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit.]." (Paul VI, apostoloic constitution, Divinae consortium naturae, 663.) The sign of peace concludes the confirmation.
he was a mean person who lived with mean people in a mean castle on a mean hill in a mean country in a mean continent in a mean world in a mean solar system in a mean galaxy in a mean universe in a mean dimension
you mean what you mean
Mean is the average.
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The arithmetic mean is a weighted mean where each observation is given the same weight.