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Mercy has also been an important subject of Christian iconography. Since the Middle Ages, many representations in art encouraged people to practice the works of mercy and, as the art historian Ralf van Bühren explains using the example of Caravaggio, helped "the audience to explore mercy in their own lives". [16]: 79–80
Works of mercy (sometimes known as acts of mercy) are practices considered meritorious in Christian ethics. The practice is popular in the Catholic Church as an act of both penance and charity . In addition, the Methodist church teaches that the works of mercy are a means of grace that evidence holiness of heart (entire sanctification).
Seneca's De Clementia is an instructional contrast between the good ruler and the tyrant, and an evaluation of the relationship between ruler and subject. A survey of history is made in the first volume to select different rulers to point out as examples, including Dionysius of Syracuse and Sulla being used as cautionary tales and young Augustus as the exemplar.
Openclipart, also called Open Clip Art Library, is an online media repository of free-content vector clip art.The project hosts over 160,000 free graphics and has billed itself as "the largest community of artists making the best free original clipart for you to use for absolutely any reason".
The Quality of Mercy: Personal Essays on Mormon Experience, a book by Eugene England, published in 1992; The Quality of Mercy, a mystery by Gilbert Morris, published in 1993; The Quality of Mercy, a mystery by David Roberts, published in 2006; The Quality of Mercy: Cambodia, Holocaust and Modern Conscience, by William Shawcross#, published in 1984
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File:William Artaud - 'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy' - Google Art Project.jpg
The World Apostolic Congress on Mercy (WACOM) is a religious event launched by Pope Benedict XVI that draws from the teachings of Faustina Kowalska. [1] The first WACOM occurred in Rome in 2008 with subsequent events in Kraków (2011), Bogotá (2014) and Manila (2017). [2] The inaugural event at the Vatican drew four thousand from two hundred ...