Caritas [noun]
Definition of Caritas:
kindness, compassion
Synonyms of Caritas:
● Love
● Goodness
● Lenity
● Bounty
● Humanity
● Agape
● Amity
● Clemency
● Altruism
● Grace
● Mercy
● Goodwill
Opposite/Antonyms of Caritas:
Sentence/Example of Caritas:
Quem enim nimia sui caritas ceperit, aliena deserit: nee sibi quisquam ambitiose atque aliis amice consulere potest.
Multa enim gesta sunt per contentionem ab Episcopis in ordinationibus faciendis, quod tua melius caritas novit.
The highest rung has been reached by Christian love (Caritas) personified as a woman to whom a crown is proffered from heaven.
Cuius cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt, ipse Carthaginem rediit, neque eum caritas patriae retinuit nec suorum.
Four names are applied to what pertains to the same: amor, dilectio, caritas, et amicitia.
The first love pertains to caritas which cleaves to God (inhaeret Deo) for Himself (secundum seipsum).
He infuses caritas according to His will; and it will increase as we draw near to God; nor is there any bound to its augmentation.
But on the part of him who wills to love (ex parte diligentis), caritas is perfect when he loves as much as he is able.
But good which is the end of faith, to wit, the divine good, is the proper object of caritas.
For caritas is the informing principle of Faith, and the highest virtue of the grace-illumined will.