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merit Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 91, 106, 107, 110, 356
Avery-Peck, Chilton, and Scott Green, A Legacy of Learning: Essays in Honor of Jacob Neusner (2014) 6, 132
Gardner, The Origins of Organized Charity in Rabbinic Judaism (2015) 142, 154, 184
Rosen-Zvi, The Mishnaic Sotah Ritual: Temple, Gender and Midrash (2012) 114, 115
Soyars, The Shepherd of Hermas and the Pauline Legacy (2019) 70
merit, effected by martyrs, ten martyrs tradition Avemarie, van Henten, and Furstenberg, Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity (2023) 397, 398
merit, of abram/abraham Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 217, 219, 229
merit, of martyrs Avemarie, van Henten, and Furstenberg, Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity (2023) 42, 176, 397
merit, of the fathers, zecut avot Kessler, Bound by the Bible: Jews, Christians and the Sacrifice of Isaac (2004) 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 94, 112, 125, 127, 145, 147
merit, or popularity?, poetic fame, from objective Hay, Saeculum: Defining Historical Eras in Ancient Roman Thought (2023) 154
merit, personal van 't Westeinde, Roman Nobilitas in Jerome's Letters: Roman Values and Christian Asceticism for Socialites (2021) 219
merit, suspending Rosen-Zvi, The Mishnaic Sotah Ritual: Temple, Gender and Midrash (2012) 101, 102, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 118, 119, 120, 126, 127, 170, 172, 176, 231
merit, άξία Schibli, Hierocles of Alexandria (2002) 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 351, 358, 359
merits Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 4, 24, 61, 66, 83, 88, 96, 98, 102, 103, 107, 109, 110, 112, 124, 126, 129, 134, 140, 141, 144, 163, 180, 186, 202, 203, 204, 207, 208, 212, 213, 215, 222, 226, 229, 231, 236, 246, 248, 257, 263, 264, 274, 275, 276, 278, 296, 297
merits, as result of faith Yates and Dupont, The Bible in Christian North Africa: Part II: Consolidation of the Canon to the Arab Conquest (ca. 393 to 650 CE). (2023) 275
merits, merita, meritum, occult, issim, a Karfíková, Grace and the Will According to Augustine (2012) 58, 102
merits, of israel, people of Borowitz, The Talmud's Theological Language-Game: A Philosophical Discourse Analysis (2006) 90, 93, 234
merits, resh lakish, on israel’s Borowitz, The Talmud's Theological Language-Game: A Philosophical Discourse Analysis (2006) 90, 93
meritum, merits, Karfíková, Grace and the Will According to Augustine (2012) 2, 3, 13, 14, 22, 25, 28, 43, 46, 47, 48, 52, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 75, 76, 81, 86, 101, 102, 107, 108, 112, 116, 119, 124, 125, 126, 127, 136, 165, 179, 180, 181, 183, 195, 197, 198, 206, 210, 219, 245, 246, 247, 251, 252, 259, 262, 263, 266, 280, 281, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 292, 308, 311, 313, 338, 343

List of validated texts:
9 validated results for "merits"
1. Hebrew Bible, Proverbs, 8.35 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Augustine’s Works, Pecc. merit. • merits • meritum, merits

 Found in books: Karfíková, Grace and the Will According to Augustine (2012) 289; Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 160, 161, 187, 251, 252, 254, 285, 295, 297

8.35 כִּי מֹצְאִי מצאי מָצָא חַיִּים וַיָּפֶק רָצוֹן מֵיְהוָה׃
8.35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, And obtaineth favour of the LORD.
2. Septuagint, Wisdom of Solomon, 8.21 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
 Tagged with subjects: • merits • meritum, merits

 Found in books: Karfíková, Grace and the Will According to Augustine (2012) 125; Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 163

8.21 He captured her fortresses and the wall of Jerusalem;
3. New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 4.7 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Augustine’s Works, Pecc. merit. • merits • meritum, merits

 Found in books: Karfíková, Grace and the Will According to Augustine (2012) 46, 126, 245, 266, 287, 288; Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 124, 160, 208, 248, 252, 260, 274

4.7 τίς γάρ σε διακρίνει; τί δὲ ἔχεις ὃ οὐκ ἔλαβες; εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔλαβες, τί καυχᾶσαι ὡς μὴ λαβών;
" 4.7 For who makes you different? And what doyou have that you didnt receive? But if you did receive it, why do youboast as if you had not received it?"
4. New Testament, Acts, 9.3-9.7 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Augustine’s Works, Pecc. merit. • meritum, merits

 Found in books: Karfíková, Grace and the Will According to Augustine (2012) 86; Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 225

9.3 Ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι ἐγένετο αὐτὸν ἐγγίζειν τῇ Δαμασκῷ, ἐξέφνης τε αὐτὸν περιήστραψεν φῶς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, 9.4 καὶ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἤκουσεν φωνὴν λέγουσαν αὐτῷ Σαούλ Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις; 9.5 εἶπεν δέ Τίς εἶ, κύριε; ὁ δέ Ἐγώ εἰμι Ἰησοῦς ὃν σὺ διώκεις·, 9.6 ἀλλὰ ἀνάστηθι καὶ εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ λαληθήσεταί σοι ὅτι σε δεῖ ποιεῖν. 9.7 οἱ δὲ ἄνδρες οἱ συνοδεύοντες αὐτῷ ἱστήκεισαν ἐνεοί, ἀκούοντες μὲν τῆς φωνῆς μηδένα δὲ θεωροῦντες.
9.3 As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him. 9.4 He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?", 9.5 He said, "Who are you, Lord?"The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 9.6 But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do.", 9.7 The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but seeing no one.
5. New Testament, Ephesians, 1.4-1.5, 2.8-2.9 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
 Tagged with subjects: • merits • meritum, merits

 Found in books: Karfíková, Grace and the Will According to Augustine (2012) 47, 119, 125, 247; Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 202, 203, 257

1.4 καθὼς ἐξελέξατο ἡμᾶς ἐν αὐτῷ πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου, εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγάπῃ, 1.5 προορίσας ἡμᾶς εἰς υἱοθεσίαν διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς αὐτόν, κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ, 2.8 καὶ τοῦτο, 2.9 οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν, θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον· οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, ἵνα μή τις καυχήσηται.
1.4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love; 1.5 having predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
2.8
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 2.9 not of works, that no one would boast.
6. New Testament, Galatians, 5.6 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
 Tagged with subjects: • merits • meritum, merits

 Found in books: Karfíková, Grace and the Will According to Augustine (2012) 247; Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 248

5.6 ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ οὔτε περιτομή τι ἰσχύει οὔτε ἀκροβυστία, ἀλλὰ πίστις διʼ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη.
5.6 For in Christ Jesusneither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faithworking through love.
7. New Testament, Romans, 4.5, 5.5, 5.12, 9.18-9.23 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Augustine’s Works, Pecc. merit. • merits • meritum, merits

 Found in books: Karfíková, Grace and the Will According to Augustine (2012) 47, 75, 81, 136, 206, 219, 247, 259; Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 107, 140, 141, 144, 148, 157, 158, 161, 163, 166, 187, 188, 204, 222, 225, 226, 228, 248, 249, 250, 254, 262, 276, 285, 295, 296, 297

4.5 τῷ δὲ μὴ ἐργαζομένῳ, πιστεύοντι δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν δικαιοῦντα τὸν ἀσεβῆ, λογίζεται ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ εἰς δικαιοσύνην, 5.5 ἡ δὲἐλπὶς οὐ καταισχύνει.ὅτι ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκκέχυται ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου τοῦ δοθέντος ἡμῖν·, 5.12 Διὰ τοῦτο ὥσπερ διʼ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου ἡ ἁμαρτία εἰς τὸν κόσμον εἰσῆλθεν καὶ διὰ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ θάνατος, καὶ οὕτως εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους ὁ θάνατος διῆλθεν ἐφʼ ᾧ πάντες ἥμαρτον-. 9.18 ἄρα οὖν ὃν θέλει ἐλεεῖ, ὃν δὲ θέλεισκληρύνει. 9.19 Ἐρεῖς μοι οὖν Τί ἔτι μέμφεται; 9.20 τῷ γὰρ βουλήματι αὐτοῦ τίς ἀνθέστηκεν; ὦ ἄνθρωπε, μενοῦνγε σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ θεῷ;μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα τῷ πλάσαντιΤί με ἐποίησας οὕτως; 9.21 ἢ οὐκ ἔχει ἐξουσίανὁ κεραμεὺς τοῦ πηλοῦἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ φυράματος ποιῆσαι ὃ μὲν εἰς τιμὴν σκεῦος, ὃ δὲ εἰς ἀτιμίαν; 9.22 εἰ δὲ θέλων ὁ θεὸς ἐνδείξασθαι τὴν ὀργὴν καὶ γνωρίσαι τὸ δυνατὸν αὐτοῦἤνεγκενἐν πολλῇ μακροθυμίᾳσκεύη ὀργῆςκατηρτισμέναεἰς ἀπώλειαν, 9.23 ἵνα γνωρίσῃ τὸν πλοῦτον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ σκεύη ἐλέους, ἃ προητοίμασεν εἰς δόξαν,
" 4.5 But to him who doesnt work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.", "
5.5
and hope doesnt disappoint us, because Gods love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.",
5.12
Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.
9.18
So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires. 9.19 You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?", 9.20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?", " 9.21 Or hasnt the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?", 9.22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction, 9.23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
8. New Testament, John, 6.44, 15.15 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Augustine’s Works, Pecc. merit. • merits • meritum, merits

 Found in books: Karfíková, Grace and the Will According to Augustine (2012) 251, 308; Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 134, 215, 225, 246, 249

6.44 οὐδεὶς δύναται ἐλθεῖν πρός με ἐὰν μὴ ὁ πατὴρ ὁ πέμψας με ἑλκύσῃ αὐτόν, κἀγὼ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ. 15.15 οὐκέτι λέγω ὑμᾶς δούλους, ὅτι ὁ δοῦλος οὐκ οἶδεν τί ποιεῖ αὐτοῦ ὁ κύριος· ὑμᾶς δὲ εἴρηκα φίλους, ὅτι πάντα ἃ ἤκουσα παρὰ τοῦ πατρός μου ἐγνώρισα ὑμῖν.
6.44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day. "
15.15
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesnt know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you."
9. Augustine, Retractiones, 1.26 (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)
 Tagged with subjects: • merits • meritum, merits

 Found in books: Karfíková, Grace and the Will According to Augustine (2012) 28; Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 110

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Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
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