Francis prayed that he might be given the gift of suffering as Christ had suffered, and his prayer was granted in the form of the stigmata — another Franciscan novum in the history of the Christian spiritual life, although it was anticipated in Paul's confession to the Galatians that he bore on his body «the marks of Jesus» (Gal. (firstthings.com)
Nihil sub sole novum then, but definitely a great alternative for throwers to improve strength and overall physical preparedness. (elitetrack.com)
Nothing is so unique in apocalypticism as is its enactment of a new totality, an absolute novum that is the polar opposite of a primordial totality, but a novum in full apocalypticism that is already dawning or near at hand, just as it is in Jesus» initial eschatological proclamation that the time is fulfilled and the Kingdom of God is immediately at hand (Mark 1:15). (religion-online.org)