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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

MORALITY

mo-ral'-i-ti.

See ETHICS.

Library

Outward and Inward Morality
... ECKHART'S SERMONS VII OUTWARD AND INWARD MORALITY. OUTWARD AND INWARD MORALITY ... All
outward morality must be built upon this basis, not on self-interest. ...
/.../eckhart/meister eckharts sermons/vii outward and inward morality.htm

The Morality of the Gospel.
... PART II. OF THE AUXILIARY EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY CHAPTER II. THE MORALITY
OF THE GOSPEL. Is stating the morality of the Gospel ...
/.../paley/evidences of christianity/chapter ii the morality of.htm

Elevated Morality of the Christians.
... Chapter XXXII."Elevated Morality of the Christians. It is, however, nothing
wonderful that they should get up tales about us such ...
/.../a plea for the christians/chapter xxxii elevated morality of the.htm

Faustus States his Objections to the Morality of the Law and the ...
... Faustus states his objections to the morality of the law and the prophets, and Augustin
seeks by the application of the type and the allegory to explain away ...
/.../faustus states his objections to.htm

Ethics Teach us the Mysteries of Morality
... THE THIRD CENTURY 45 Ethics teach us the mysteries of morality. Ethics teach
us the mysteries of morality, and the nature of affections ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/45 ethics teach us the.htm

Dangerous Effects to Religion and Morality of the Doctrine of So ...
... Book I. Wherein is described the god of Marcion. Chapter XXVII."Dangerous Effects
to Religion and Morality of the Doctrine of So Weak a God. ...
/.../the five books against marcion/chapter xxvii dangerous effects to religion.htm

Superiority of Christian Morality.
... Book VI. Chapter XIII."Superiority of Christian Morality. "But perhaps
some one of you will say, Must we then observe all things ...
/.../recognitions of clement /chapter xiii superiority of christian morality.htm

Morality and Doctrine
... PENSÉES SECTION VII: MORALITY AND DOCTRINE. 425. Second part."That man without faith
cannot know the true good, nor justice. All men seek happiness. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pascal/pensees/section vii morality and doctrine.htm

Now Learned Reason, when Pretending to be a Master of Morality...
... [Way-1-38] Now learned reason, when pretending to be a master of morality�
Now learned reason, when pretending to be a master ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-1-38 now learned reason when.htm

Thus Far the Masters of Morality and Human Discipline May Go...
... [Way-1-41] Thus far the masters of morality and human discipline may go�
Thus far the masters of morality and human discipline ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-1-41 thus far the masters.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Virtue; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a principle, or a sentiment, when tried by the standard of right; the relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral standard or rule.

2. (n.) The quality of an action which renders it good; the conformity of an act to the accepted standard of right.

3. (n.) The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics.

4. (n.) The practice of the moral duties; rectitude of life; conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as, we often admire the politeness of men whose morality we question.

5. (n.) A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII.

6. (n.) Intent; meaning; moral.

Topical Bible Verses

1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
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Thesaurus

Morality
... of the moral duties; rectitude of life; conformity to the standard of right; virtue;
as, we often admire the politeness of men whose morality we question. ...
/m/morality.htm - 7k

Moral (5 Occurrences)
... maxim. 9. (n.) A morality play. See Morality, 5. 10. (vi) To moralize.
Multi-Version Concordance Moral (5 Occurrences). Ephesians ...
/m/moral.htm - 9k

Commandment (209 Occurrences)
... They express theocratic idea of morality wherein the will or law of God is
imposed upon men as their law of conduct (2 Kings 17:37). ...
/c/commandment.htm - 47k

Cruelty (8 Occurrences)
... He has found it difficult to reconcile such practices, which bear the stamp of Divine
approval, with the highest standards of Christian morality. ...
/c/cruelty.htm - 16k

Cruel (196 Occurrences)
... He has found it difficult to reconcile such practices, which bear the stamp of Divine
approval, with the highest standards of Christian morality. ...
/c/cruel.htm - 42k

Righteousness (442 Occurrences)
... See ALMS. As we read the earlier parts of the Old Testament we are struck by the
fact that much of the early Hebrew morality was of this group kind. ...
/r/righteousness.htm - 56k

Charity (29 Occurrences)
... have made current a new word to express it, and that they should derive that word,
not from the current or philosophical language of Greek morality, but from ...
/c/charity.htm - 23k

Epicureans (1 Occurrence)
... 6. Social Contract: Justice and ordinary morality were recognized in the system
as issuing from an original social compact, such as Hobbes and Rousseau supposed ...
/e/epicureans.htm - 20k

Comparative
... 1. Tenets Common to All Religions 2. Tendency to Degradation, not to Progress, in
Ethnic Faiths 3. Mythology and Religion 4. Religion And Morality in Ethnic ...
/c/comparative.htm - 29k

Jesus (10891 Occurrences)
... It is well known what ample opportunities He found, by means of this felicitous
disposition, for probing to the very depths of morality, as well as for ...
/j/jesus.htm - 101k

Subtopics

Morality

Related Terms

Moral (5 Occurrences)

Commandment (209 Occurrences)

Cruelty (8 Occurrences)

Cruel (196 Occurrences)

Righteousness (442 Occurrences)

Charity (29 Occurrences)

Epicureans (1 Occurrence)

Comparative

Jesus (10891 Occurrences)