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• Mount of Beatitudes —     Mount of Beatitudes     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mount of Beatitudes     This name is given to the place where Our Saviour delivered the Sermon on the Mount , beginning with the Beatitudes. The scene of this discourse is traditionally… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Mount of Beatitudes — Mount of Beatitudes, seen from Capernaum …   Wikipedia

• Beatitudes, The Eight — • The solemn blessings which mark the opening of the Sermon on the Mount Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Beatitudes — The Beatitudes (from Latin beatus , meaning blessed or happy [cite web url = http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=beatitude title = beatitude last = Harper first = Douglas date = work = [http://www.etymonline.com/ Online Etymology Dictionary] …   Wikipedia

• beatitudes — There are numerous instances of the beatitude form in the OT, as in the psalms (1; 32; 119), but the word is particularly applied to part of Jesus Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5–7) following his forty days temptation in the wilderness. It opens… …   Dictionary of the Bible

• Beatitudes —    (Scripture)    The Beatitudes are the blessings enunciated by Jesus as part of the Sermon on the Mount (see Mt 5:3 12) and the sermon on the plain (see Lk 6:20 26). The Beatitudes are often considered to represent the heart of thepreaching of… …   Glossary of theological terms

• Mount of beatitudes —    See Sermon on the mount …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Sermon on the Mount — by Carl Bloch The Sermon on the Mount is a collection of sayings and teachings of Jesus, which emphasizes his moral teaching found in the Gospel of Matthew (chapters 5, 6 and 7).[1] …   Wikipedia

• Church of the Beatitudes — Exterior View Basic information Location …   Wikipedia

• The Eight Beatitudes —     The Eight Beatitudes     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Eight Beatitudes     The solemn blessings (beatitudines, benedictiones) which mark the opening of the Sermon on the Mount, the very first of Our Lord s sermons in the Gospel of St.… …   Catholic encyclopedia