considerandum

Updated: June 29, 2025

So far is clear at once, that the preacher’s object is the spiritual good of his hearers. “Finis prædicanti sit,” says St. Francis de Sales; “ut vitam (justitiæ) habeant homines, et abundantius habeant.” And St. Charles: “Considerandum, ad Dei omnipotentis gloriam, ad animarumque salutem, referri omnem concionandi vim ac rationem.” Moreover, “Prædicatorem esse ministrum Dei, per quem verbum Dei

John Henry Newman - The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine: Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin

Get rid of Lords by all means, if you think there should be none, but do not come pestering me with a rule that no Lord shall be considered while you are making them by the bushel for the special purpose of being considered ad considerandum as Quintillian has it in his highly Quintillianarian essay on I forget what.

Hilaire Belloc - On Nothing and Kindred Subjects