caritas
[kah-ri-tahs; English kar-i-tas]
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Contemporary Examples
"It is not enough to have altar girls, women readers or women as the president of Caritas," he said.
Historical Examples
Loving-kindness (caritas, ) was not as yet ranked as a virtue.
The Basis of MoralityArthur Schopenhauer
Caritas is set not in the appetitus sensitivus, but in the will.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)Henry Osborn Taylor
Only the fides which is formed and completed in caritas is a virtue (Art. 5).
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)Henry Osborn Taylor
Love (caritas—charity) is identified with justice; and the will, the goodwill, is love.
For the sake of thy charity, which is the head and the top of all the testaments, ut dicitur, caritas super exaltat omnia.
The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, October, 1864Society of Clergymen
Word Origin and History for caritas
n.
Latin, literally "charity" (see charity).
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