Scientia potentia est is perhaps better translated as "knowledge is His power", because the context of the sentence refers to the qualities of God and is imbedded in a discussion of heresies that deny the power of God: "statuuntque latiores terminos scientiae Dei quam potestatis, vel potius ejus partis potestatis Dei (nam et ipsa scientia potestas est) qua scit, quam ejus qua movet et agit: ut praesciat quaedam otiose, quae non praedestinet et praeordinet". The English translation of this section includes the following: Interpretation of the notion of power meant by Bacon must therefore take into account his distinction between the power of
Ecclesia semper reformanda est " Jodocus van Lodenstein – from the United Provinces (Netherlands). Lodenstein was a minister in Reformed Church in United Provinces in mid 17thC He was born in Delft in 1620 and was minister in Utrecht 1653-77. Lodenstein used the phrase in a devotional publication in 1674. Ecclesia semper reformanda est Ecclesia semper reformanda est (Latin for "the church must always be reformed", often – as usual in Latin – shortened to "Ecclesia semper reformanda") is a phrase first greatly popularized by Karl Barth in 1947, allegedly deriving from a saying of St. Augustine. It refers to the conviction of certain