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2006-11-29 05:22:55 · 5 answers · asked by scott c 1 in Society & Culture Languages

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Who will separate? The Latin version of Romans 8:35 reads: "Quis ergo nos separabit a caritate Christi? tribulatio? an angustia? an fames? an nuditas? an periculum? an persecutio? an gladius?" These words are the motto of the Order of St Patrick and Of the Ulster Defence Association. The words also appear on the state seal of South Carolina and on the cap badge of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles. The meaning attributed to it in those contexts is "united we stand, divided we fall." They seem to have diverged somewhat from the words of St Paul's epistle to the Romans.

2006-11-29 07:22:39 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1 1

With a different spelling, namely “separabit“, I would boldly guess it was Latin, meaning something like:
Who will split/divide (us or whatever)?
Apart from somewhere or other in the Bible, it used to be a motto of of the Order of St. Patrick and the Royal Ulster Rifles.
So you see it is certainly an expression deeply rooted in peaceloving, Christian surroundings!

2006-11-29 05:40:56 · answer #2 · answered by saehli 6 · 0 1

There has to be a spelling mistake somewhere.
Either you got the first "e" right, then the second one is an "a" and it means "who will separate", it does not have to be a question, it could also be the beginning of a relative clause.

Or the first "e " is a u, then it means "prevail", if it has no object, "to conquer..." if it does.

2006-11-30 02:08:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

Also the motto of the illegal Ulster Defence Association, a loyalist paramilitary group.

2016-05-23 02:19:01 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

no idea, sounds like quiz the rabit spoken by a Frenchman

2006-11-29 05:32:41 · answer #5 · answered by Wednesday 3 · 0 2

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