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	Beatitudes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Beatitudes (from Latin, beatitudo, happiness) is the name given to the well-known, definitive and beginning portion of the Sermon on the Mount of the Gospel of Matthew.
		The beatitude about the contrite heart is generally believed to have originated in Psalm 24 (as a manifestation of verses 3–5), with which it is remarkably similar, and so some believe that this was the beatitude that was later added to other seven.
		This beatitude explicitly referring to persecution has often been cited as an argument for toleration and acceptance, with Locke prominently citing it in his A Letter Concerning Toleration, but inquisitors refuted this argument, since they regarded the term righteousness not to be able to anyone who was an enemy of the church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beatitudes (2041 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Eight Beatitudes
		The fuller account and the more prominent place given the Beatitudes in St. Matthew are quite in accordance with the scope and the tendency of the First Gospel, in which the spiritual character of the Messianic kingdom -- the paramount idea of the Beatitudes -- is consistently put forward, in sharp contrast with Jewish prejudices.
		The "mourning" in the Third Beatitude is in Luke (vi, 25) opposed to laughter and similar frivolous worldly joy.
		For its depth and breadth of thought, and its practical bearing on Christian life, the passage may be put on a level with the Decalogue in the Old, and the Lord's Prayer in the New Testament, and it surpassed both in its poetical beauty of structure.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02371a.htm (1295 words)

	Fr. Hardon Archives - Beatitudes: The New Testament Decalogue
		The beatitudes were given to the human race which was about to be redeemed by the passion and death of Christ.
		But the beatitudes do not promise the satisfaction, to say the least, of all our desires indeed they do not even promise the satisfaction of our natural desires as legitimate as they can be.
		In other words the joy assured from living the beatitudes comes directly from God and is to be experienced in the soul indeed even to the body but in a person who is animated by the grace of God.
	www.therealpresence.org /archives/Beatitudes/Beatitudes_006.htm (2490 words)

	Beatitudes
		The beatitudes are eight statements taught by Jesus.
		Thus, the mourning of Christians referred to in this beatitude is not because of financial loss, terminal sickness, the death of loved ones, loneliness, a divorce, or some rejection being experienced.
		The reward for this beatitude is truly marvelous because when the believer becomes pure in heart, not only will they see God as they pass into heaven immediately upon their death, but they will see God right now, not with their natural eye, but through their spiritual vision, through their faith in Jesus Christ.
	members.tripod.com /~robertwells/Beatitudes.html (6702 words)

	The Beatitudes - Judith Quitoriano - Theandros - Online Journal of Orthodox Christian Theology and Philosophy
		The Beatitudes according to the Gospel of Matthew were recorded many years after Jesus had risen.
		Although the beatitudes were originally intended as 'messianic proclamations' and did not indicate virtues to be practiced, Matthew now stresses the internal disposition.
		It should be admitted that it fits perfectly into the spiritualized character of his redaction and allows him to reinforce the moral importance of the beatitude of the poor.
	www.theandros.com /beatitudes.html (3837 words)

	What are the Beatitudes?
		The “beatitudes” are the eight declarations of blessedness made by Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:3-12), each beginning with "Blessed are..." It is debated as to exactly how many beatitudes there are.
		Some speak of seven, nine, or ten beatitudes, but the number appears to be eight (verses 10-12 of Matthew 5 being one beatitude).
		Those who experience that first aspect of a beatitude (poor, mourn, meek, hungry for righteousness, merciful, pure, peacemakers, and persecuted) will also experience the second aspect of the beatitude (kingdom of Heaven, comfort, inherit the earth, filled, mercy, see God, called sons of God, inherit the kingdom of Heaven).
	www.gotquestions.org /beatitudes.html (194 words)

	THE BEATITUDES
		As this beatitude is the logical consequence of the first three, as general conditions for entering the kingdom, so also it is the characteristic of kingdom citizens to crave more and more for God's righteousness, both personal and social.
		The Beatitudes form the introduction for the Sermon on the Mount, and no doubt are meant to be illustrated by kingdom citizens who point the way to the King of the kingdom.
		This particular Beatitude comes out of all the others, and especially is to be noted that it is in a very sharp and well-defined logical connection with the immediately preceding one.
	www.grace4u.org /Topical/Beatitudes.htm (16096 words)

	The Beatitudes Society - Home
		The Beatitudes Society, a project of the Tides Center, is a Christian, educational organization consisting of students and faculty who meet in School Chapters.
		We seek to support each other as we study, teach and practice the prophetic teachings of Jesus, captured in the Beatitudes and developed in the Sermon on the Mount.
		School Chapters are at the heart of The Beatitudes Society.
	www.beatitudessociety.org (180 words)

	Beatitudes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Beatitudes – that list of nine categories of people said by Christ to be Blessed, Happy, Fortunate or whatever – form the opening and possibly most important part of of the Sermon on the Mount, Mt. Ch 5.
		The final, the ninth, beatitude is, however, slightly different; it concentrates almost entirely on the reward given to suffering for Christ’s sake – not quite the same, but not far off and all very ‘traditional’.
		The final ‘beatitude’ sums up the activities of the ‘doers’ – those whose proclamation of the Kingdom is not a matter of empty words.
	www.bfpubs.demon.co.uk /beatitudes.htm (6455 words)

	Christian Leadership Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This section of the “Beatitudes” is one of the most loved portions of the Gospel.
		Probably the best way to study these beatitudes would be to work through the basic process for each one--the definitions, the backgrounds, the connections and the applications.
		If you were teaching the beatitudes to a class you would do better by applying each one as you discuss it, rather than to wait til the end to try to apply them one by one.
	www.christianleadershipcenter.org /bbs7.htm (6494 words)

	The Beatitudes
		Well, I believe that the simplicity of the Beatitudes is more apparent than real; that their meaning is far from clear — particularly to the mind of a westerner in the closing years of the twentieth century; and that, if left to speak for themselves, they will wrongly explain themselves and be seriously misunderstood.
		Nor could I accept that Jesus might have placed the Beatitudes in his teaching as a kind of hurdle over which everyone would fall and then be sent limping to the first-aid post of the Cross for mercy and grace.
		The Beatitudes were nothing less than a call by Christ to find in our relationship with him a character wholly pleasing to God, and thus to enjoy through that relationship the blessings which God pronounces on all who have such a character.
	www.bbb.ndo.co.uk /beatitudes/beatitudes.html (1116 words)

	The Beatitudes of Christ
		The words of the Beatitudes are attributed to those of the Teacher of Righteousness, the founder of the Essenes who they recognized as their long-awaited Messiah.
		A beatitude is a declaration of happiness or promised blessing resulting from an individuals virtue or good deeds.
		They are expressed in Matthew 5 in the New Testament, and Lection XXV of the Gospel of the Holy Twelve, as an important part of the Sermon on the Mount.
	www.thenazareneway.com /beatitudes_of_christ.htm (1235 words)

	Kingdom Beatitudes Part I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The beatitudes in the gospels are concerned with attitudes which are in alignment with the kingdom rather than secular goods and values.
		So, then, the hunger which this beatitude describes is no genteel hunger which could be satisfied with a mid-morning snack; the thirst of which it speaks is no thirst which could be slaked with a cup of coffee or an iced drink.
		When we approach this beatitude from that side it is the most demanding, and indeed the most frightening, of them all.
	www.path-light.com /Kingdom12.htm (5193 words)

	THE EIGHT BEATITUDES OF JESUS
		Jesus gave us the eight Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount, recorded for all posterity in the Gospel of Matthew, the first Book of the New Testament.
		The Beatitudes initiate one of the main themes of Matthew's Gospel, that the Kingdom so long awaited in the Old Testament is not of this world, but of the next, the Kingdom of Heaven.
		One of the first contemplations on the Beatitudes came from St. Gregory of Nyssa, a mystic who lived in Cappadocia around 380 AD.
	jesuschristsavior.net /Beatitudes.html (987 words)

	Leithfield - Nouvelle Zélande - Communauté des Béatitudes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Welcomed initially by the Maori Catholic community of Te Rangi Marie Marae, The Beatitudes moved in 1997 to a property in Leithfield, 30 minutes north of Christchurch, which was obtained through a generous benefactor.
		I wholeheartedly support The Beatitudes in their efforts to foster their distinctive pattern of life centred on Christ, in the Holy Eucharist, and in people loved and cared for.
		I support their current efforts to develop their monastery at Leithfield, the better to respond faithfully to God's call to them to be "salt of the earth" and "light of the world".
	beatitudes.org /maisons/nouvellezelande/christchurch/index.html (402 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mount of Beatitudes
		The scene of this discourse is traditionally located on Karn Hattin (or Kurun Hattîn), the Horns of Hattin, a mountain which receives its name from the little village at its northern base and from the two cones or horns which crown its summit.
		Possibly the word is to be thus interpreted here also, but St. Luke more probably refers (vi, 12) to a particular mountain on which Our Lord spent the night in prayer and from which he descended to the level place or tableland to preach the discourse.
		The author of the First Gospel, in the opinion of Loisy (Le Discours sur la Montagne) "desires to have for the publication of the New Law, a setting analogous to that which is described in Exodus (xx, 18-22) for the Old Law.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02369a.htm (1356 words)

	In Communion » Living the Beatitudes
		The root of the English word “beatitude” is “beauty.” The Greek term kalos implies attractiveness — literally, an attraction toward divine beauty.
		This Beatitude introduces the fundamental theme of justice in relation to the environment and the spiritual life.
		It is a clear commission, an explicit command for the disciples to enter the world of their day, to assume the problems of their time, to bring God’s care into the world — no matter what the cost, irrespective of the risk or the pain.
	www.incommunion.org /articles/issue-30/living-the-beatitudes (4919 words)

	Fr. Hardon Archives - Beatitudes
		As you know the beatitudes are the beginning of Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, which is chapters five, six, and seven of the Gospel of St. Matthew.
		Between the beatitudes and the Lord’s prayer, we have a synthesis of all that Jesus wanted to teach us in His Sermon on the Mount.
		What our Lord did in the beatitudes is give us not just a synthesis but what I might call an ocean of Christian spirituality.
	www.therealpresence.org /archives/Beatitudes.htm (512 words)

	Beatitudes Campus
		The Beatitudes Campus is permitted or required, under specific circumstances, to use or disclose protected health information without the individual’s written authorization.
		The Beatitudes Campus is required by law to maintain the privacy of protected health information and to provide individuals with notice of its legal duties and privacy practices with respect to protected health information.
		The Beatitudes Campus is required to abide by the terms of the Notice currently in effect.
	www.beatitudescampus.org /privacy.html (2976 words)

	Mount of Beatitudes (BiblePlaces.com)
		The Mt. of Beatitudes overlooks the four-mile long Plain of Gennesaret, an area famed for its fertility.
		Mount of Beatitudes (Catholic Encyclopedia) Extensive article, but locates the sermon at the Horns of Hattin.
		Mount of Beatitudes (Bridges for Peace) Acknowledges throughout the Jewish roots of the Christian faith, drawing parallels between the Beatitudes and Old Testament teachings.
	www.bibleplaces.com /mtbeatitudes.htm (495 words)

	"The Beatitudes" - A Short Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As a matter of fact they require even more obedience than the law, and would be even more impossible to accomplish without the Spirits renewing power in the believers life.
		Beatitudes - the attitudes that ought to be in our lives if we are true Christians.
		Note the rewards: We are in the same company as Christ and the Prophets, and we shall be rewarded in Heaven.
	our.homewithgod.com /biblepaths/index_6.html (826 words)

	beatitudes \| the highstreet web - bringing you the UK's favourite shops and websites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		That means we can't approach the beatitudes as the sayings of a wise man or sage or moralist...
		The beatitudes unlocked by Hebrew parallelism, Matthew 5:3-10...
		This on one of a number of sets of Beatitudes in the writings of the Greek Ephrem.
	www.thehighstreetweb.com /beatitudes (316 words)

	CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
		The moral life, increased and brought to maturity in grace, is to reach its fulfillment in the glory of heaven.
		I. 1716 The Beatitudes are at the heart of Jesus' preaching.
		Beatitude makes us "partakers of the divine nature" and of eternal life.[21] With beatitude, man enters into the glory of Christ[22] and into the joy of the Trinitarian life.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/CDHN/dignity.html (4114 words)

	The Beatitudes
		The Beatitudes "are the paradoxical promises that sustain hope in the midst of tribulation." —CCC, 1717
		This is the first beatitude because if we are faithful in small things like material possessions, the Lord will entrust us with greater things (Lk 16:10-11).
		In this beatitude, Jesus is probably referring to sorrow for sins.
	www.presentationministries.com /brochures/Beatitudes.asp?pubID=109 (1897 words)

	BEATITUDES - Holman Bible Dictionary on StudyLight.org
		The word “Beatitude” comes from a Latin word meaning “happy” or “blessed.” Various forms of the word “bless” are used many times in both the Old and New Testaments, but this passage alone is known as the Beatitudes.
		The Beatitudes are not to be seen as separate blessings for different believers.
		All the Beatitudes are to be applied and developed in all disciples both now and in the future.
	www.studylight.org /dic/hbd/view.cgi?number=T742 (288 words)

	The Blessings & Curses of the Beatitudes \| Mark Brumley
		The Woes Have It One way to avoid complacency is to start with Luke’s version of the Beatitudes (Lk 6:20-26), which includes "woes" as well as "blesseds." The "woes" should grab you by the throat.
		We call their happiness beatitude, and we speak of the beatific vision of God, which the saints enjoy.
		The Beatitudes are an inexhaustible resource of spiritual insight, encouragement and warning.
	www.ignatiusinsight.com /features2005/mbrumley_beatitudes_feb05.asp (2463 words)

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