Pax (liturgy) of the use of ""pax"". In Christian epigraphy, there are a variety of formulae: ""pax""; ""in pace""; ""pax tecum""; ""vivas in pace""; ""requiescat in pace""; ""pax Christi tecum sit""; ""anima dulcissima requiescas in pace""; ""dormit in pace""; and ""in locum refrigerii, lucis et pacis"" (from the formula of the Mass at the Momento of the Dead). For the formula Pax and other formulas in funeral epigraphy: Pax (liturgy) In Christian liturgy, "the Pax" is an abbreviation of the Latin salutations ""pax vobis"" ("peace to you") or ""pax vobiscum"" ("peace with you"), which are used in the Catholic Mass and Lutheran
English articles cases a noun, or more generally a noun phrase, must be "completed" with a determiner to clarify what the referent of the noun phrase is. The most common determiners are the articles "the" and "a(n)", which specify the presence or absence of definiteness of the noun. Other possible determiners include words like "this", "my", "each" and "many" – see English determiners. There are also cases where no determiner is required, as in the sentence "John likes fast cars". The definite article "the" is used when the referent of the noun phrase is assumed to be unique or known from the