Actiones secundum fidei

Hello everyone,
I have a question about latin inscription used in John Wick 3 movie

Adjudicator's medallion upper inscription
ACTIONES SECUNDUM FIDEI
Secundum here is a preposition, right? Why genitive ? I though it should be accusative like actiones secundum fidem actions in accordance with trust. Correct?

 
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Lol, I'm currently watching the film and was wondering about the same thing ... I googled the phrase and ended up here :D
 
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Since the wikipedia page Pacifica referred to a Theological dictionary and the phrase seems to be something that is found at least a few times, I thought it might not just have been a google translation fail but just an incomplete phrase that leaves a word implied ...
I found that Thomas Aquinas may have written about something like actiones secundum fidei Catholicae sententiam - actions according to the proposition of Catholic faith ... as opposed to other propositions or philosophical viewpoints, e.g. secundum Platonis sententiam.

I don't want to dive into that too deeply and read all of Thomas Aquinas now :p But I wonder if Terry S. has heard of it before.
 
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