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Character Strengths Beatitudes: A Secular Application of Ancient Wisdom to Appreciate Strengths for Spiritual Happiness and Spiritual Growth

Religions, 2021
A beatitude is a blessing. It is a form of appreciation that can be directed toward others or oneself. Theologically speaking, some frame the original beatitudes from The Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew as pertaining to “spiritual happiness”,
Ryan M Niemiec, Niemiec Ryan M
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Mariological Interpretation of the Eight Beatitudes (Matt 5:3–10)

Collectanea Theologica, 2021
The article examines the question of the Mariological interpretation of the eight beatitudes contained in Matt 5:3–10. Christian theologians of all ages, from Clement of Alexandria to the authors of contemporary biblical commentaries, have proposed ...
Lech Wołowski
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Beatitudes in Juvencus’ Epic "Evangeliorum libri quattuor" – Philologically Analyzed and Poetically Translated

Vox Patrum, 2023
Gaius Vettius Aquilinus Iuvencus is the author of the first biblical epic which is known as Evangeliorum libri quattuor. It retells the Gospel story in classical hexameter in order to adapt its form to the literary aesthetics of the 4th century pagan ...
Viktor Wintner
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The Eight Beatitudes in the Context of the Spirituality of the Sisters of the Resurrection

Warszawskie Studia Teologiczne, 2022
In this article, the meaning of the Eight Beatitudes (Mt 5:3–12) has been discussed in the context of the spirituality of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection.
Joanna Pyszna
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An Nzema Mother-Tongue Commentary on the Matthean Beatitudes

Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology
One of the major challenges facing contemporary Ghanaian Christianity is ineffective discipleship. Consequently, Christianity has little influence on the moral life of its adherents.
Justice Korankye, Isaac Boaheng
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Theological and liturgical significance of troparia of the Beatitudes (Makarismoi) of the Holy Friday Matins

Elpis, 2022
On Good Friday matins, after singing the antiphons and before reading the canon, the verses of the Gospel blessings are read, which in liturgical practice begin with the words of the good thief: “Remember me, o Lord, in Your Kingdom”.
Pantelejmon Karczewski
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Reflections of ethical church leadership through the Beatitudes in the Matthean vision: In conversation with Prof. Francois P. Viljoen

Verbum et Ecclesia
This article examines the role of the Beatitudes (Mt 5:3–12) in constructing a framework for ethical church leadership, situating this inquiry within the broader trajectory of New Testament ethics and the scholarship of Professor Francois P.
Walter Maqoma
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Memories of Zion in Exile: A contextual reading of the Ironical ‘Bitter Beatitudes’ of Psalm 137

Verbum et Ecclesia
While one’s memory might not always be flawless, possibly because of forgetfulness, memory loss, or selective recall, there are certain memories that demand to be remembered. These memories can flow through people’s lives like rivers. Psalm 137 depicts a
Blessing O. Boloje
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Reading the Beatitudes (Mt 5:1–10) through the lenses of introverted intuition and introverted sensing: Perceiving text differently

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
Working within the reader perspective approach to biblical hermeneutics, a recent series of empirical studies has tested the theory that the readers’ psychological type preferences between sensing and intuition (perceiving functions) and between feeling ...
Leslie J. Francis, Duncan Strathie, Christopher F. Ross   +2 more
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Le beatitudini evangeliche nel Purgatorio dantesco

Artes, 2023
In her well-known essay written in 1984, Maria Chiavacci Leonardi noted that the beatitudes proclaimed at the end of each frame of Purgatory are generally considered by literary critics to be a marginal element in the realm.
Giovanna Arcari
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