In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti (2025)

Hi, Charlie!

It's Latin, and it's used by Roman Catholic priests and nuns usually. It means, In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

It is not a 'charm' ... but rather a blessing used in Christian churches.
"In nomine Patris et fillii et Spiritus Sancti" is Latin for "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost/Spirit"... to which one would reply "Amen."

Saludos,
LN

智慧人?! wisdom people? noun plus noun......

I believe by just saying that cannot exorcise or against evil spirit.

KevinBeezy said:

The quote is actually in the language Esperanto
"In Nomeni (name) Patri (father) Et (and) Fili (son) Spiritus (spirit) Sancti (sanctity or peace/holyness)"

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Even though the two languages may look very similar in that sentence, it's by no doubt Latin (link).
In is a Latin preposition which needs the ablative, and nomine is the ablative form of nomen, "name". Patris, filii, spiritus and sancti are the genitives of pater, filius, spiritus and sanctus. Finally et is a Latin conjunction.

It is Latin.

It is the short blessing which has preceded and ended all Catholic prayers since the very early Christian period.

The standard translation in English is "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit/Ghost".

KevinBeezy said:

The quote is actually in the language Esperanto

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Minime vero ! Immo lingua latina est.
Versio esperantica hujus sententiae est illud :
"En la nomo de la patro, de la filo, kaj de la sankta spirito".

Not at all ! It is latin.
If it were esperanto, it would be like :
"En la nomo de la patro, de la filo, kaj de la sankta spirito".

XaLeX said:

...filii, spiritus and sancti are the genitives of pater, filius, spiritus and sanctus...

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I often hear the contracted form of filii, fili, used in this phrase.

It doesn't really matter which is used, of course. I only posted this for the sake of those who don't know Latin to let them know that either form is correct.

KevinBeezy said:

The quote is actually in the language Esperanto

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This formula has been used in Christian liturgy for centuries before Esperanto was even created (Esperanto being an artificial language created in... 1887!)

It's Latin.

you have to consider the difference between words, in the Latin "genitive form".

for instance "Pater" means "father",
"Patris" means "of the father" (genitive form);

the same is for "Filius" (son)
and "Filii" (of the son). (there is only one L in "FILII")

"Sanctus" means "holy/saint", "Spiritus" means "spirit/ghost",

the Genitive form turns it into "Sancti" (of the saint),
and consequentially: "Spiritus Sancti" (of the saint spirit/holy ghost)

Thus you have:
"in nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti"

and the final meaning is:
"in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost"

don't worry, though... I heard the Pope himself saying it wrong! ...well he IS german, so...

Dick Shonary said:

don't worry, though... I heard the Pope himself saying it wrong! ...well he IS German, so...

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The Church has its very own way of pronouncing Latin expressions, so it might have or might have not been as you say.

Anyway, no German will ever forgive you for "decapitalising" them!

and the final meaning is:
"in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost"

don't worry, though... I heard the Pope himself saying it wrong! ...well he IS German, so...

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I don't know what you mean by "wrong". Do you mean that the version without "of the son and of the holy ghost" is wrong?

In English we allow this kind of parallel construction. When words are repeated, they may be omitted; the reader or listener supplies them. "In the name of the father and son and holy ghost" is understood as "in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost." Latin, too, allows for the omission of repeated words. The translation that omits the words is true to English syntax and consistent with the meaning of the Latin.

Cagey said:

Do you mean that the version without "of the son and of the holy ghost" is wrong?

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"Patris" and "filii" are genitive. At the first glance I had some problems with the combination of "spiritus" and "sancti" as I did not realize that "spiritus" was a genitive, too. Spiritus belongs to the so called "u-declension" which means nominative and genitive are equal. They just differ in pronunciation (short vs. long "u").

I know, Scholiast, that's why I wrote:

They just differ in pronunciation (short vs. long "u").

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Edit: I was some seconds too late.

Scholiast said:

Entschuldigung - ich las zu schnell und rücksichtslos.

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Don't worry - no problem!

charlie2 said:

Hello, everyone,
I came across the above in a book in English. I don't know what language it is. It is supposed to be a charm against evil spirits. The speaker is a Filipino man, if this piece of information helps.
Thank you.
Edit : What does it mean?

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10 years too late but interesting none the less. I imagine you were reading Steinbeck! He is being facetious when he says he doesn't know what it means!