It is said to have been compiled by the sixteenth-century English theologian Andrew Willet, meaning that stubborn Catholics should be converted to Anglicanism “not by force, but by skill in argument.” Later, as a motto, this expression was used by several English military units. “Art” here does not mean painting or music, but rather skill in something.
It is said to have been compiled by the sixteenth-century English theologian Andrew Willet, meaning that stubborn Catholics should be converted to Anglicanism “not by force, but by skill in argument.” Later, as a motto, this expression was used by several English military units. “Art” here does not mean painting or music, but rather skill in something.