Sentences with phrase «zeal as the virtue»
The ancient monks saw zeal as the virtue opposed to sloth, and in the Christmas readings we find the «zeal of the Lord» invoked by both the prophet Isaiah and the author of the letter to Titus.
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Indeed, Vasconcelos had created the motto for Sierra's national university — «By virtue of my race the spirit shall speak» — and he attacked the problem of public education with the same religio - national zeal as had his predecessors.
Likewise, «Often inordinate laxity is believed to be kindness, and unbridled anger passes as the virtue of spiritual zeal.
True, I did write about the beauty of Reformed tradition which I love with the same passion that I would write about the beauty of my wife; and, while that analogy is not perfect (I would not extol my wife's virtues as a means of encouraging others to marry her, while I do extol the virtues of the Reformed faith with proselytizing intent), I hope it explains my zeal.