They who plead for the indifferency of the ceremonies must tell us whether they call them indifferent in actu signato, or in actu exercito; or in both these respects.
Vossius(1258) doth rightly condemn those who, though they break the bread in multas minutias, yet they break it not in actu sacramentali.
And then as good a Tragedian as he was, me thinks he doth in extremo actu deficere, when he must needs perswade Paulina, that excellent Lady his wife, to die with him: what should move him to desire it?
Illi enim [the reference is to certain medieval idealists] quamvis agnoscerent duo alba existentia negabant dariactu in rebus formalem similaritatem [i.
Quaedam vero recedunt minus a permanentia essendi, quia esse eorum nec in transmutatione consistit nec est subjectum transmutationis; tamen habent transmutationem adjunctam vel in actu vel in potentia .
Hence the child is said to have knowledge "in actu primo" as having the faculty of reason; and the student to have knowledge "in actu secundo" as exercising this faculty.
A cause is said to be in actu secundo when it is actually exercising its causal influence.
Corresponding to these distinctions we distinguish between the cause in actu primo remoto, in actu primo proximo, and in actu secundo.
Furthermore, the very nature of excommunication is such that it cannot be pronounced against them, since it is defined as extra ecclesiam positio, vel e qualibet communione, vel quolibet legitimo actu separatio.
From this point of view, therefore, and in actu primo, there is no real but a purely logical distinction between efficacious and merely sufficient grace.
The state of sanctifying grace simply confers a claim to ordinary graces, while the power of perseverance of itself by no means insures actual perseverance (actu perseverare).
He accept the good work in actu secundo as deserving of reward.
His teaching may be outlined as follows: a) In actu primo there is no intrinsic and ontological but merely an extrinsic and accidental distinction between efficacious and sufficient grace, based upon their respective effects.
The actual bestowal of congruous grace, considered in actu primo, is undoubtedly a special gift of God, and hence the gratia congrua possesses a higher value than the gratia incongrua sive inefficax.
Quomodo enim potuerunt virgulta fieri antequam terra germinaret nisi quia causaliter prius et quasi in radice, seu in semine facta sunt, et postea in actu producta?
Thus not only may there be generation from Non-Ens accidentally but all generation takes place also out of Ens; that is, out of Ens Potentia, not Ens Actu (b.
The first principles of all things are, speaking in general terms, Hoc Primum Actu and Aliud Primum Potentia.
Nihil autem reducitur de potentia in actum, nisi per aliquod ens actu: sicut sensus fit in actu per sensibile in actu.
Whatever we may be in posse, the very best of us in actu falls very short of being absolutely divine.
But the world deals with us in actu and not in posse: and of this hidden germ, not to be guessed at from without, it never takes account.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "actu" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
