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- Title
The Evolution of the Works of Mercy.
- Authors
KEENAN, JAMES F.
- Abstract
This essay follows from the two fundamental scriptural texts on mercy, The Good Samaritan parable (Luke 10: 25-37) and the Judgment of the Nations, (Matthew 25: 31-46) the varied ways the church received the mandate to be merciful. Defining mercy as 'the willingness to enter into the chaos of another', the essay presents a number of significant instances in which church members rescued others and incorporated them into the community. It concludes arguing that this rescue/incorporation model becomes constitutive of any church based on discipleship.
- Subjects
MERCY; GOOD Samaritan (Parable); JUDGMENT of God; RELIGION
- Publication
Concilium (00105236), 2017, Issue 4, p33
- ISSN
0010-5236
- Publication type
Article