Latinisms & Latin Phrases

S.M. Don Juan José Marín Lanzas

Vade Retro Satana

Go back, Satan!

An exhortation for Satan to begone, often used in response to temptation. From a popular Medieval Catholic exorcism formula, based on a rebuke by Jesus to Peter in the Vulgate, Mark 8:33: vade retro me Satana ("step back from me, Satan!")

Mea Culpa

My fault Used in Christian

prayers and confession to denote the inherently flawed nature of mankind.

Hic sunt leones

Here there are lions

Written on uncharted territories of old maps

Salvator Mundi

• "Savior of the World"

• Christian epithet, usually referring to Jesus. The title of paintings by Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo da Vinci.

Lex ferenda

• the law that should be borne

• The law as it ought to be