Definitions
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- n. Plural form of beatitude.
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Examples
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On the contrary, none of these beatitudes is more manifestly dug out of the rich mine of the Old Testament.
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This usage is prominent in the proverbs known as beatitudes, which have the form, "Happy is the one who ...."
Philip Reynolds: The Biblical Definitions Of The Pursuit Of Happiness
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This usage is prominent in the proverbs known as beatitudes, which have the form, "Happy is the one who...."
Philip Reynolds: The Biblical Definitions Of The Pursuit Of Happiness
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The saints, understanding that the beatitudes are the essence of the Gospel and the portrait of Christ Himself, became their imitators.
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Instead of voting for the "lesser of two evils" we should be voting for a candidate that reflects our "beatitudes" and not the war machine's.
An Interview with Cindy Sheehan: The Antiwar Movement and Independent Politics
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Here and in the rest of the "beatitudes", blessed is a good translation but behind the makarios is the ASHRAIcem, ASHRAIhem of the Hebrew rather than barukh.
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Inheritance is one of greatest of the American beatitudes.
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His kingdom follows a completely different set of principles, which are described by Christ in the beatitudes.
Eric Simpson: The Call to Love Our Enemies (Including Terrorists)
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As in all the beatitudes, Jesus exemplifies the characteristics that are inculcated in the lives of those who are blessed: poverty of spirit, weeping in the face of death and its manifestations, and here, meekness.
Eric Simpson: The Meek Are Reconciled With The Earth: The Basis Of Christian Ecology
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Is there a reason to think that Jesus gave the beatitudes to crowds of common people in a language most didn't understand?
smcquoid commented on the word beatitudes
Virtue. 8 statements attributed to Jesus in the New Testament - Matthew describing characteristics of those who are blessed.
April 16, 2009