caritas

[ kah-ri-tahs; English kar-i-tas ]

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"It is not enough to have altar girls, women readers or women as the president of caritas," he said.
What About Women, Pope Francis? | Janine di Giovanni | August 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Quem enim nimia sui caritas ceperit, aliena deserit: nee sibi quisquam ambitiose atque aliis amice consulere potest.
Beowulf | R. W. Chambers
Multa enim gesta sunt per contentionem ab Episcopis in ordinationibus faciendis, quod tua melius caritas novit.
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John | Isaac Newton
The highest rung has been reached by Christian love (caritas) personified as a woman to whom a crown is proffered from heaven.
Woman under Monasticism | Lina Eckenstein
Cuius cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt, ipse Carthaginem rediit, neque eum caritas patriae retinuit nec suorum.
De Officiis | Marcus Tullius Cicero

Four names are applied to what pertains to the same: amor, dilectio, caritas, et amicitia.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor

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