Mercy. Works of mercy are practices considered meritorious in Christian ethics.
The practice is popular in the Catholic Church as an act of both penance and charity. In addition, the Methodist church teaches that the works of mercy are a means of grace which lead to holiness and aid in sanctification.
The works of mercy have been traditionally divided into two categories, each with seven elements: Corporal works of mercy which concern the material needs of others. Spiritual works of mercy which concern the spiritual needs of others.
Pope John Paul II issued a papal encyclical Dives in misericordia on 30 November 1980 declaring that Jesus Christ taught that man not only receives and experiences the mercy of God, but that he is also called 'to practice mercy' towards other peoples. Another notable devotion associated with the works of mercy is the Divine Mercy, which derives from apparitions of Jesus Christ to Saint Faustina Kowalska.
Based on Jesus' doctrine of the sheep and the goats, the corporal and spiritual works of mercy are a means of grace as good deeds; it is also a work of justice pleasing to God. The precept is an affirmative one, that is, it is of the sort which is always binding but not always operative, for lack of matter or occasion or fitting circumstances. In general it may be said that the determination of its actual obligatory force in a given case depends largely on
The practice is popular in the Catholic Church as an act of both penance and charity. In addition, the Methodist church teaches that the works of mercy are a means of grace which lead to holiness and aid in sanctification.
The works of mercy have been traditionally divided into two categories, each with seven elements: Corporal works of mercy which concern the material needs of others. Spiritual works of mercy which concern the spiritual needs of others.
Pope John Paul II issued a papal encyclical Dives in misericordia on 30 November 1980 declaring that Jesus Christ taught that man not only receives and experiences the mercy of God, but that he is also called 'to practice mercy' towards other peoples. Another notable devotion associated with the works of mercy is the Divine Mercy, which derives from apparitions of Jesus Christ to Saint Faustina Kowalska.
Based on Jesus' doctrine of the sheep and the goats, the corporal and spiritual works of mercy are a means of grace as good deeds; it is also a work of justice pleasing to God. The precept is an affirmative one, that is, it is of the sort which is always binding but not always operative, for lack of matter or occasion or fitting circumstances. In general it may be said that the determination of its actual obligatory force in a given case depends largely on
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