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They are also found in other non-canonical scriptures like 4 Maccabees 1:18–19, which relates: Now the kinds of wisdom are right judgment, justice, courage, and self-control. Right judgment is supreme over all of these since by means of it reason rules over the emotions.
In Christian tradition, the seven heavenly virtues combine the four cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude with the three theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity. The seven capital virtues, also known as seven lively virtues, contrary or remedial virtues, are those opposite the seven deadly sins.
The women's designation as prostitutes links the story to the common biblical theme of God as the protector of the weak, "A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows" (Psalms 68:5). Prostitutes in biblical society are considered functional widows, for they have no male patron to represent them in court and their sons are considered fatherless.
He is considered the Angel of Justice. His name means "God shall pasture". [3] [4] This meaning is also related to the Hebrew word "rōʿī" (רֹעִי), meaning shepherd. [5] Raguel is almost always referred to as the archangel of justice, fairness, harmony, vengeance, and redemption.
Justice and Truth appear for the prosecution, representing the old Law, while Mercy speaks for the defense, and Peace presides over their reconciliation when Mercy prevails. [ 1 ] : 290 However, some versions (notably Robert Grosseteste's Chasteu d'amour , the Cursor Mundi , the English Gesta Romanorum , and The Court of Sapience )
The Talmud [17] interprets the verses referring to "an eye for an eye" and similar expressions as mandating monetary compensation in tort cases and argues against the interpretations by Sadducees that the Bible verses refer to physical retaliation in kind, using the argument that such an interpretation would be inapplicable to blind or eyeless ...
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