Pax
Pax is Latin for " peace ". The root of the word (cf. pactum ) indicates that a pax in the Roman view was not a mere non- war , but always the result of a contract .
mythology
The Roman goddess Pax was the embodiment of peace.
liturgy
Names
Pax in combination with Latin empire or peoples names stands for a broad concept of pacification through ideological power and political influence from the namesake, for example:
- the Pax Romana
- the Pax Augusta
- the Pax Britannica
- the Pax Americana
- the Pax Arabica
- the Pax Mongolica
- the Pax Praetoriana
- the Pax Dei
- the Pax Nicephori
- the Pax Tokugawa
A word combination with a Latin place name usually denotes a concrete peace treaty, for example Pax Augustana .
Pax also became the motto of western monasticism according to the monastic rule of St. Benedict of Nursia and means the inner peace that the monk (or every Christian) should seek and pursue (cf. RB Prolog 17), in order to achieve the outer To favor peace, which in turn promotes the inner → Pax Benedictina