Texts in Latin

classical formulation of Mechanics by Isaac Newton

1687 work by Isaac Newton describing his laws of motion and gravitation

disputation by Martin Luther on indulgences

Christian statement of belief focused on Trinitarian doctrine and Christology

autobiographical inscription of Augustus Caesar, at Temple of Rome and Augustus at Ankara, Turkey

document of the Second Vatican Council

collection of Roman Catholic canon law compiled and written by Gratian in the 12th century

Catholic Constitution on the Liturgy

Jewish pseudepigraphical work; purports to be secret prophecies Moses revealed to Joshua; known from a single 6th-century Latin manuscript from the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan; possibly alluded to in Jude 1:9

medieval collection of significant sources of the canon law of the Catholic Church, valid until 1917

1996 apostolic constitution of Pope John Paul II

encyclical by Leo XIII

30 rulers mentioned in the Historia Augusta as having ostensibly been pretenders to the throne of the Roman Empire during the reign of Gallienus; large portions are fictitious or inaccurate

decree of the Second Vatican Council on the missionary activity of the Catholic Church

The Commentariolus (Little Commentary) is Nicolaus Copernicus's brief outline of an early version of his revolutionary heliocentric theory of the universe. After further long development of his theory, Copernicus published the mature version in 1543 in his landmark work, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres).

Catholic Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity

catholic Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops

judgment of the National Synod held in Dordrecht (Dort) in 1618–19 against Arminianism

1965 Catholic declaration on education

1st-century piece of limestone with inscription mentioning Pontius Pilate

book written by Augustine of Hippo

encyclical

dogmatic constitution of the First Vatican Council about the papal ministry

bronze tablet with part of a speech by Roman emperor Claudius

apostolic constitution by Pope Pius XII, promulgated on 1 November 1950, defining ex cathedra the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

apostolic constitution by Paul VI

Apostolic Letter of John Paul II

papal bull

papal bull addressed to the King of France

' () are brief moral sayings, such as proverbs, adages, aphorisms, maxims, or apophthegms taken from ancient or popular or other sources, often quoted without context. ', the nominative singular, also called a "sentence", is a kind of rhetorical proof. Through the invocation of a proverb, quotation, or witty turn of phrase during a presentation or conversation one may be able to gain the assent of the listener, who will hear a kind of non-logical, but agreed-upon truth in what one is saying. An example of this is the phrase "age is better with wine" playing off of the adage "wine is better wit

1526 paper on coinage by Copernicus

1854 papal bull by Pope Pius IX that defines the Immaculate Conception of Mary as dogma

Religious text for Christmas

papal decree concerning the admittance of children to the Eucharist

apostolic letter of Pope John Paul II

apostolic constitution by Pope Francis

series of personal missives by Pliny the Younger directed to his friends

tract by Newton

papal bull concerning Catholic canon law

rule concerning the election of a new pope

Papal bull re-establishing the Catholic hierarchy in England

papal bull

Apostolic constitution of Pope Francis

two lost books by Julius Caesar

The canon law collection compiled by Dionysius Exiguus

book by Emanuel Swedenborg