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Beatitudes

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  1. Eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. The word is from the Latin beatus, meaning “blessed,” and each of the Beatitudes begins with the word blessed. They include “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth” and “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”

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Grivas dangles over His Beatitude's head a document allegedly signed by the prelate in 1954, swearing to fight for enosis until death.

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