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
Subsistit in Subsistit in Subsistit in (subsists in) is a Latin phrase, which appears in the eighth paragraph of "Lumen gentium," a landmark document of the Second Vatican Council of the Catholic Church: This sentence and the correct meaning of "subsists in" affects the "definition of the Church" with important implications for how the Catholic Church views itself, its relations with other Christian communities and other religions. Questions have been raised, if "Lumen gentium" reworded the longstanding phrase, which stated that the Church of Christ is (Latin "est") the Catholic Church. "Lumen gentium" does recognize that other Christian ecclesial communities have elements