Invocatio Dei
The Invocatio Dei ( Latin invocation of God ) is a form of reference to God in constitutions in which the constitution is enacted in the name of God, for example in the preamble to the constitution of Switzerland . A mere mention of God in the constitution, on the other hand, is called a Nominatio Dei .
This form of invocatio is also the opening component of medieval documents. It is followed by the initiation .
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- ↑ Tine Stein : "Aware of his responsibility before God ...". Christian image of man and a democratic constitutional state. In: Mathias Hildebrandt (Ed.): Secularization and Resacralization in Western Societies. Westdeutscher Verlag, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-531-13602-X , pp. 185-201, doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-322-89593-6_12 .