Annuit Cœptis

» Posted by GusHiguera on Sep 19, 2007 in New World Order | 0 comments

From WIKIPEDIA, Annuit Cœptis is one of two mottos (the other being Novus Ordo Seclorum) on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. Taken from the Latin words annuo (to nod, approve) and cœpio (to begin, undertake), it literally means someone or something “approves the things that have been begun.”

In 1782, Congress appointed a design artist, William Barton of Philadelphia, to bring a proposal for the national seal.[1] For the reverse, Barton suggested a thirteen layered pyramid underneath the Eye of Providence. The motto which Barton chose to accompany the design was, “Deo Favente.” The proper Latin translation of Deo (ablative of Deus, the Deity) is “with God.” “Deo Favente” is Latin for “with God favoring.” A common English translation for this phrase is “by the Grace of God.”