Sentences with phrase «purity of heart required»

Kierkegaard sees that «purity of heart is to will one thing», to use the title of one of his meditations; but he does not fully see that purity of heart requires responsible participation in the common life.

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Purity of heart is what God requires of him and the penitent demands it of himself before God.

But now if the individual, yes, if you, my listener, and I must admit to ourselves that we were far from living in this way, far from that purity of heart which truthfully wills but one thing; must admit to ourselves that the questions demanded an answer, and yet in another sense, in order to avoid any deception, did not require an answer, in that they were, if anything, charges against ourselves which in spite of the form of the question changed themselves into an accusation: then should the individual, and you, my listener, and I join together in saying, «Indeed our life is like that of most others»?

He who indeed avoids adultery, but keeps lust in his heart, has not understood the prohibition of adultery, which requires of him complete purity.

It requires purity of heart, purity of mind, and purity of actions.