spiritual works of mercy Things done for the body or soul of persons in need. The Corporal are: feed the hungry give drink to the thirsty clothe the naked harbor the homeless visit the sick visit prisoners, and ransom captives bury the dead The Spiritual: instruct the ignorant counsel the doubtful admonish sinners be patient … Continue reading “spiritual works of mercy”
Spiritual Things
Spiritual Things ( , ta pneumatika): Things proceeding from the Holy Spirit and pertaining to man’s spiritual life, worship, service. Contrasted in 1Co 9:11 and in Rom 15:27 with , ta sarkika, things fleshly, physical, which have to do with man’s sensuous, corporeal nature, such as food, raiment, money. By spiritual things Paul signifies the … Continue reading “Spiritual Things”
SPIRITUAL SURGERY, THE DUTY OF
SPIRITUAL SURGERY, THE DUTY OF Pro 10:31; Mat 5:30; Rom 6:6; Rom 8:13; Gal 5:12; Col 2:11; Col 3:5 –SEE Mortify the Flesh, SELF-DENIAL Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Spiritual Songs
Spiritual Songs Spiritual songs (Eph 5:19, Col 3:16) cannot be distinguished as such from hymns and psalms (which see ). But the meaning of the epithet spiritual deserves attention. St. Paul contrasts truly religious thoughts and words inspired by the Holy Spirit with the effusions of drunkards or the odes of heathen poets composed in … Continue reading “Spiritual Songs”
SPIRITUAL SANITY
SPIRITUAL SANITY Pro 12:5; Mar 5:15; Luk 15:17; 2Co 10:5; 2Ti 1:7; Tit 2:6 –SEE Soberness, SOBERNESS Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Spiritual Sacrifice
Spiritual Sacrifice ( , pneumatika thusai): A figure taken from the victim slain and offered on the altar, as e.g. the paschal lamb; thus signifying the complete and acceptable offering of the self-dedicated spirit. As the temple, priesthood and God Himself are spiritual, so is the sacrifice of the consecrated believer (1Pe 2:5); compare living … Continue reading “Spiritual Sacrifice”
Spiritual Rock
Spiritual Rock ( , pneumatike petra): Having a spiritual significance: supernatural, manifesting the power of the Divine Spirit; allegorically applied to Christ as fulfilling the type in the smitten rock in the desert, from which water miraculously burst forth to nourish the Israelites. A tradition current among the Jews affirms that this rock followed the … Continue reading “Spiritual Rock”
SPIRITUAL REPUTATION
SPIRITUAL REPUTATION Act 16:2; Rom 1:8; Rom 16:19; Heb 11:2; Heb 11:4-39 –SEE Good Name, NAME Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Spiritual Relationship
spiritual relationship A diriment impediment to matrimony. It results from sponsorship at Baptism, or from being the minister of a private Baptism. The marriage of a sponsor to his or her godchild, or the marriage of a person who has administered private Baptism to the one baptized, is invalid unless by dispensation. Fuente: New Catholic … Continue reading “Spiritual Relationship”
Spiritual Realism
Spiritual Realism The theory that only the truly good will is free. Causality based on spiritual activity. Self-forgetfulness as the way to a supreme realization of personality. Ravaisson expressed it in the phrase “To simplify one’s self.” — R.T.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy