Hence a careful distinction must be made between justification as an act (actus iustificationis) and justification as an habitual state (habitus iustificationis s.
The morality of an act depends entirely on its being an actus humanus.
To admit the possibility of true actus humani that are neither good nor bad, but ethically indifferent, is to escape the error of Baius that “Free-will without the aid of divine grace avails for nothing but sin.
The latter quotes the Aristotelian axiom: “Actus moventis in moto est motus.
Neither can the actus secundus be regarded as a product of the unaided will; it is the result of grace coöperating with free-will.
Whence the definition of motion that Descartes[19] was later to deride, "motus est actus entis in potentia prout quod in potentia.
Aquinas rephrases the definition as "Motus est actus existentis in potentia secundum quod huius modi.
The jugerum was composed of two of these actus quadrati.
It was therefore in length still an actus or furrow of 120 feet, and it was twice as broad as it was long; whilst the length of the English acre is ten times its breadth.
To believe is an act of the intellect (actus intellectus) as moved by will to assenting.
He perfectly comprehends Himself; for He knows Himself so far as He is knowable; and He is absolutely knowable being utter reality (actus purus).
The text of the Actus Vercellenses is edited by Lipsius, Acta Apostol.
For the relation of the Actus Vercellenses to the "Martyrdom of the holy apostles Peter and Paul" (Acta Apostol.
The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice Actus Primus.
One thinks naturally of the peripatetic actus primus and actus secundus here.
That means very much the same thing as Einhard's ueterum regum actus et bella or the antiquorum actus regumque certamina sung by Bernlef (cf.
In a similar manner Descartes groups the class which, according to him, was only possible as an actus imperatus of the will along with his actus elicitus.
It was customary to denote under the term actus voluntatis not merely the movement of the will itself but also the act performed in obedience to the will.
In accordance with this custom, theactus voluntatis fell into two classes; the actus elicitus voluntatis and the actus imperatus voluntatis.
The day before theActus offered as it were the proof-shot and sample-sheet of the Wednesday.
And now the World will bet a hundred to one, that I forthwith take biographical wax, and emboss such a wax-figure cabinet of the Actus itself as shall be single of its kind.
The "Actus Tragicus" was one of the youthful compositions of Bach, but it has always attracted the notice of the best musical critics.
The same doctrine, and I may add also, the same expression of the unity of the actus sentiendi and the phantasma, are to be found in various other parts of his works.
The idea or phantasma, as he terms it, is the very perception or actus sentiendi.
The act of knowing is an actus secundus which presupposes the cognitive faculty as an actus primus: the faculty being the first or fundamental equipment of the soul in relation to knowledge.
In reference to this as well as the other constitutive principles of the thing, the actual existence of the thing is a "second actuality," an actus secundus.
The operative power must be an accident because the action which actualizes it, the "actus secundus," is an accident.
Actus Dei nemini facit injuriam=--The act of 55 God does wrong to no man.
Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea=--The act does not make a man guilty, unless the mind be guilty.
Actus me invito factus, non est meus actus=--An act I do against my will is not my act.
Actus legis nulli facit injuriam=--The act of the law does wrong to no man.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "actus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
