essentia

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The strongest of them are called essential oils, after the medieval alchemist’s notion of quinta essentia, a fifth essence of heavenly origin — a life force — to be extracted from terrestrial materials.

From New York Times • May 10, 2021

The following are extracts from the “Christianæ Religionis Institutio,” of Faustus Socinus: Q.  Quid igitur de Dei natura, sive essentia, nosse omnino nos debere statuis?

From Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century by Cornwallis, Caroline Frances

Haec divina motio in creatura recepta a Thomistis physica appellatur, ... quia ex propria essentia et ab intrinseco est efficax, independenter a quocumque creato consensu.”713.Cfr.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

Unde essentia angeli non est ejus potentia intellectiva, nec alicujus creati essentia est ejus operativa potentia.”—ibid., q.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

Why should not have been rendered by essentia, I cannot conceive.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor