THE PRINCIPLE OF HOPE

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circenses:
circuses
civitas Christi:
the city of Christ
civitas Dei:
the city of God
civitas terrena:
the earthly, sinful city
cogitatio:
thinking
cogito ergo sum:
I think therefore I am
collegia fabrorum:
college of masons
comes:
comrade
communes notiones:
common ideas
communis opinio:
common opinion
compunctio cordis:
the contrition of the heart
conditio sine qua non:
an indispensable condition
contemplatio:
contemplation
contradictio in adjecto:
opposite to what is next to it
Corpus Christi:
the body of Christ
corpus permixtum:
adulterated body
corpus verum:
true body
corrumpere:
to corrupt, corruption
corruptio, defectus:
corruption, disintegration
corruptio optimi pessima:
the worst things are a corruption of the best
credo quia absurdum:
I believe because it is absurd (the leap of faith)
crucifixus sub Pontio Pilato:
crucified under Pontius Pilate
cum grano salis:
with a grain of salt
cum ira et studio:
with passion and partiality
cur deus homo:
why does god become man
dator formarum:
the giver of forms
definitio:
definition
de jure:
according to the law
de nobis res agitur:
the matter in question is ourselves
de profundis:
of the depths
descendendo ad opera:
by getting down to business
destillatio, solutio, purefactio, nigredo, albedo, fermentatio, projectio medicinae:
the distillation, solution, purefaction, blackening, whitening, fermentation and projection of medicine
destinatio:
destination
deus absconditus:
vanished god
deus optimus maximus:
greatest and best god
deus spes:
god is our hope