kharis

“The word is derived from the ancient Greek “epi” (meaning upon); “kharis” (meaning joy) and “kakos” (meaning evil).”

English Schadenfreude

“The only actor to come close to matching my Delon obsession was Montgomery Clift about a year before. kharis says; September 7, 2007 @ 4:47 am”

My Love Affair With Alain Delon

“Paralleling this subsumption of law under love is one that similarly subsumes duty under grace kharis: one is not redeemed by works, one cannot ‘earn one’s due’ that way.”

Paul is rather paradoxically in many ways a stridently secular thinker