Ethos
ETHOS
ETHOS, , is, when an orator or sacred writer manifests the disposition of his mind, and an affection and bias of his mind [prudence, probity, modesty, or benevolence], whether that feeling be permanent, or more specially appertaining to the thing and case for the time being concerned; and therefore it discloses a feeling kindly, mild, and favourable. No book in the world is on a level with Scripture even as regards , the MANNERS and AFFECTIONS. The Gnom. on Act 20:37. The sacred writers either manifest the disposition of their own mind, or of those whom they introduce speaking or acting.-Act 23:5, , . This phrase expresses the varied of the apostle. See Gnom. So Paul often betrays the disposition or affection of his mind by his phraseology concerning the giving of thanks, Rom 6:17; Rom 7:25; 1Co 15:57; 2Co 2:14, so as that we may understand that Paul refers (ascribes) all things to God, and returns thanks therefore for all things. Often ETHOS lies hid in particles: Luk 10:29; Act 21:39, The fatherly gentleness of Paul may be inferred from the repetition of the particles ; 2Co 7:8; 2Co 7:12; a passage most full of apostolical . See the Gnom.; and comp. what is contained in Bengels Preface, xv. p. xxxix. xl., and ERNESTI Init. Rhet. P. I. sect. i. ch. ix. de Moribus, p. 55, etc., and Burkes Evangel. Fingerzeig, Tom. vi. p. 2, Vorrede, sect. 270, etc.
Fuente: Gnomon Technical Terms
Ethos
(Gr. ethos) Character; moral purpose; distinguished by Aristotle from thought or intelligence as a source of dramatic action; hence that element in a dramatic composition which portrays character as distinct from the portrayal of thought or suffering. — G.R.M.