Novus ordo seclorum

Novus ordo seclorum (also saeculorum; Latin for "New Order of Time" ) is one of two mottos on the reverse side of the Seal of the United States, which is found since 1935 called on the greenback one- dollar bill. The other motto Annuit coeptis (Latin for " His name is what has begun well " ), the middle is the eye of Providence.

Origin and Meaning

1782 Charles Thomson was commissioned to design the seal. He added the words Novus ordo seclorum one to express that with the Declaration of Independence in 1776, a new era had begun.

Novus ordo seclorum is an allusion to the fourth Eclogue of the poet Virgil, from the year 40 BC In this the writer and politician Gaius Asinius Pollio poem dedicated to the poet predicts a new golden age of peace, which should be accompanied by the birth of a child. The poem is based on the cyclical concept of history of a world year which will begin with the reign of Saturn. This paradise time begin again anew. So Virgil writes in verses 5-8 of Eclogue:

Interpretations

In the Middle Ages these verses were often interpreted as a prophecy of the birth of Christ. Today, some conspiracy theorists see in the motto the program of a New World Order announced and believe in him, and the symbols of the seal mark of Freemasons, Illuminati and other supranational powers to detect. The use of words by the Masons can not be proved, however. New world order is called into Latin and translated not " Novus ordo seclorum " but " Novus ordo mundi ".