Bible Dictionary: Perfection: Charity is the Bond of

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Colossians 3:14
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfection.
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Whether the Perfection of the Christian Life Consists Chiefly in ...
... On the contrary, It is written (Col.3:14): "Above all things have charity, which
is the bond of perfection," because it binds, as it were, all the other ...
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Whether Martyrdom is an Act of the Greatest Perfection?
... is the bond of perfection." Now, of all virtuous acts martyrdom is the greatest
proof of the perfection of charity: since a man's love for a thing is proved to ...
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That the virtues have their Perfection from Divine Love.
... Charity is then the bond of perfection, [524] since in it all the perfections of
the soul are contained and assembled, and since without it, not only can one ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter ix that the virtues.htm

Of the Sovereign Degree of Union by Suspension and Ravishment.
... But to avoid all ambiguity, know, Theotimus, that charity is a bond, and a bond
of perfection; [334] and he that has more charity is more closely united and ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter iii of the sovereign.htm

Excellence of this virtue.
... Perfection is founded entirely on the love of God: "Charity is the bond of perfection
[2] ;" and perfect love of God means the complete union of our will with ...
/.../de liguori/uniformity with gods will/1 excellence of this virtue.htm

The Beauty and Excellency of this World Consists, not Only in the ...
... fellow captives, companions in misery, and then companions in mercy and blessedness,
that is a new and stronger bond. ... This perfection is charity and love to ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/chapter i the beauty and.htm

Uniformity with God's Will
... Uniformity With God's Will Saint Alphonsus de Liguori. "Perfection is founded entirely
on the love of God: Charity is the bond of perfection;' and perfect love ...
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The Righteousness of Works Improperly Inferred from Rewards.
... they are all to be referred to them; but "the greatest of these is charity." From
the third passage they infer, If charity is the bond of perfection, it must ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 18 the righteousness of.htm

Whether Faith is the First of the virtues?
... things have charity which is the bond of perfection." Consequently faith without
charity cannot be the foundation: and yet it does not follow that charity ...
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Christian Perfection
... the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection.""Heb.6 ... "And
above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness ...
/.../byers/sanctification/chapter viii christian perfection.htm

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