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Familial Virtue - Patient Love

Marin Srakić ; Visoka bogoslovna škola u Đakovu, Đakovo, Hrvatska

Abstract

Patience is familial virtue which is not held in especially high repute because aspirations toward any type of virtue are presently in crisis, as confirmed by numerous quotations from recent philosophical works. Of all virtues, patience is the least prized. Defining patience, the author states that it refers neither to passivity nor a mere hollow ornament of the soul. Patient love must relate to God. Patience must be exercised toward oneself and is especially evident in relations with other people. In order to acquire patience one must prize it as a virtue, practice it, pray for it and be merciful toward others. On the scale of exercises for a spiritual life, the virtue of patience occupies the first place but in terms of successful realization it occupies the last.

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Hrčak ID:

53168

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/53168

Publication date:

20.12.1989.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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