beatitudes

• The saints, understanding that the beatitudes are the essence of the Gospel and the portrait of Christ Himself, became their imitators. —  Latest Articles
• His teaching was almost entirely delivered under the canopy of heaven--on the mount of beatitudes, in a public street, in the market-place, from a fishing boat to crowds upon the strand, in a corn-field, or occasionally in some private dwelling-place. —  Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles
• [5] The beatitudes, as the primary qualifications for the kingdom of God, emphasise the fundamental principle of the subordination of the material to the spiritual, and the contrast between inward and outward good. —  Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics
• The beatitudes, while they undoubtedly refer to a future when a fuller realisation of them will be enjoyed, have a present reference as well. —  Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics
• For doctor Zacliary quoth she, your ten times vngrateful phisition, since notwithstanding his trecherous intent, he hath much art, and many soueraigne simples, oiles, gargarismes and sirups in his closet and house that may stand your mightines in stead, I begge all his goods onely for your beatitudes preseruation and good. —  The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse

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