humility
idea · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
humility that a Christian owes · lowliness of mind · the humble-minded
in the texts
Letters
The Christian virtue of humility, exemplified by Christ's own words.
For it is truly no small gain, when a man has passed from a great house and an illustrious family to the life of the Gospel, to bridle his youth by reason, to make the passions of the flesh slaves to reason, and to practise the humility that a Christian owes, thinking of himself as is fitting—whence he sprang and whither he is going.
the subjection of the body, a lowly mind, purity of thought, the doing away with anger.