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1559.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Works of mercy</b> (sometimes known as <b>acts of mercy</b>) are practices considered meritorious in <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> ethics. </p><p>The practice is popular in the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> as an act of both <a href="/wiki/Penance" title="Penance">penance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charity_(virtue)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charity (virtue)">charity</a>. In addition, the <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodist church</a> teaches that the works of mercy are a <a href="/wiki/Means_of_grace" title="Means of grace">means of grace</a> that evidence <a href="/wiki/Entire_sanctification" class="mw-redirect" title="Entire sanctification">holiness of heart</a> (entire sanctification).<sup id="cite_ref-Grace_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grace-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Manskar2014_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manskar2014-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The works of mercy have been traditionally divided into two categories, each with seven elements:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>"Corporal works of mercy" which concern the material and physical needs of others.</li> <li>"Spiritual works of mercy" which concern the spiritual needs of others.</li></ol> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> issued a papal encyclical <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Dives_in_misericordia" title="Dives in misericordia">Dives in misericordia</a></i></span> on 30 November 1980, declaring that "Jesus Christ taught that man not only receives and experiences the mercy of God, but that he is also called upon 'to practice mercy' towards others."<sup id="cite_ref-Misericordia_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Misericordia-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another notable devotion associated with the works of mercy is the <a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy" class="mw-redirect" 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href="/wiki/Template:Catholic_philosophy" title="Template:Catholic philosophy"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Catholic_philosophy" title="Template talk:Catholic philosophy"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Catholic_philosophy" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Catholic philosophy"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Based on Jesus' doctrine of <a href="/wiki/The_sheep_and_the_goats" class="mw-redirect" title="The sheep and the goats">the sheep and the goats</a>, the corporal and spiritual works of mercy are a <a href="/wiki/Means_of_grace" title="Means of grace">means of grace</a> as good deeds; it is also a work of justice pleasing to God.<sup id="cite_ref-ccc2447_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccc2447-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The precept is an affirmative one, that is, it is of the sort which is always binding but not always operative, for lack of matter or occasion or fitting circumstances. In general it may be said that the determination of its actual obligatory force in a given case depends largely on one's capacity. There are easily recognizable limitations which the precept undergoes in practice so far as the performance of the corporal works of mercy are concerned. Likewise the law imposing spiritual works of mercy is subject in individual instances to important reservations. For example, some may require particular tact, prudence, or knowledge. Similarly to instruct the ignorant, counsel the doubtful, and console the sorrowing is not always within the competency of everyone. However, to bear wrongs patiently, to forgive offences willingly, and to pray for the living and the dead, do not require some special array of gifts or talent for their observance.<sup id="cite_ref-Cathencycle_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cathencycle-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his message for the 2016 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> suggested "care for creation" as a new work of mercy, describing it as a "complement" to the existing works.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Francis characterized this new work as having both corporal and spiritual components. Corporally, it involves "daily gestures which break with the logic of violence, exploitation and selfishness". Spiritually, it involves contemplating each part of creation to find what God is teaching mankind through them.<sup id="cite_ref-Francis_2016_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Francis_2016-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dewane_Cantu_2017_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dewane_Cantu_2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Harris_2016_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris_2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Winfield_2016_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winfield_2016-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This pronouncement extensively quoted the encyclical <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Laudato_si%27" title="Laudato si'">Laudato si'</a></i></span>, and Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Peter_Turkson" title="Peter Turkson">Peter Turkson</a>, who helped write the encyclical, clarified that the addition of this work of mercy was part of Francis' intention for <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Laudato si'</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harris_2016_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris_2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Winfield_2016_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winfield_2016-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Corporal_works_of_mercy">Corporal works of mercy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Works_of_mercy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Corporal works of mercy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barmherzigkeitsfenster,_Freiburger_M%C3%BCnster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Barmherzigkeitsfenster%2C_Freiburger_M%C3%BCnster.jpg/220px-Barmherzigkeitsfenster%2C_Freiburger_M%C3%BCnster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Barmherzigkeitsfenster%2C_Freiburger_M%C3%BCnster.jpg/330px-Barmherzigkeitsfenster%2C_Freiburger_M%C3%BCnster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Barmherzigkeitsfenster%2C_Freiburger_M%C3%BCnster.jpg/440px-Barmherzigkeitsfenster%2C_Freiburger_M%C3%BCnster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2984" data-file-height="2910" /></a><figcaption>The six Corporal Works of Mercy, <a href="/wiki/Freiburg_Minster" title="Freiburg Minster">Freiburg Minster</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1230</span></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pierre_Montallier_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Pierre_Montallier_001.jpg/220px-Pierre_Montallier_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Pierre_Montallier_001.jpg/330px-Pierre_Montallier_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Pierre_Montallier_001.jpg/440px-Pierre_Montallier_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2536" data-file-height="2099" /></a><figcaption><i>Works of Mercy</i> by <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Montallier" title="Pierre Montallier">Pierre Montallier</a>, 1680</figcaption></figure> <p>Corporal works of mercy are those that tend to the bodily needs of other creatures. The standard list is given by Jesus in Chapter 25 of the Gospel of Matthew, in the famous sermon on the Last Judgment.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are also mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Isaiah" title="Book of Isaiah">Book of Isaiah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seventh work of mercy comes from the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Tobit" title="Book of Tobit">Book of Tobit</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and from the <i><a href="/wiki/Mitzvah" title="Mitzvah">mitzvah</a></i> of burial,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although it was not added to the list until the Middle Ages.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The works include: </p> <ol><li>To feed the hungry<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>To give water to the thirsty</li> <li>To clothe the naked</li> <li>To shelter the homeless</li> <li>To visit the sick</li> <li>To visit the imprisoned, or ransom the captive<sup id="cite_ref-Cathencycle_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cathencycle-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>To bury the dead<sup id="cite_ref-ccc2447_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccc2447-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spiritual_works_of_mercy">Spiritual works of mercy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Works_of_mercy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Spiritual works of mercy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Just as the corporal works of mercy are directed towards relieving corporeal suffering, the aim of the spiritual works of mercy is to relieve spiritual suffering. They were codified in or before the <a href="/wiki/Catechism_of_the_Council_of_Trent" class="mw-redirect" title="Catechism of the Council of Trent">Catechism of the Council of Trent</a> of 1566.<sup id="cite_ref-ccc2447_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccc2447-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The works include: </p> <ol><li>To instruct the ignorant</li> <li>To counsel the doubtful</li> <li>To admonish the sinners</li> <li>To bear patiently those who wrong oneself</li> <li>To forgive offenses</li> <li>To comfort the afflicted</li> <li>To pray for the living and the dead<sup id="cite_ref-ccc2447_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccc2447-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Werken_van_Barmhartigheid,_Meester_van_Alkmaar_(1504).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Werken_van_Barmhartigheid%2C_Meester_van_Alkmaar_%281504%29.jpg/330px-Werken_van_Barmhartigheid%2C_Meester_van_Alkmaar_%281504%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Werken_van_Barmhartigheid%2C_Meester_van_Alkmaar_%281504%29.jpg/495px-Werken_van_Barmhartigheid%2C_Meester_van_Alkmaar_%281504%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Werken_van_Barmhartigheid%2C_Meester_van_Alkmaar_%281504%29.jpg/660px-Werken_van_Barmhartigheid%2C_Meester_van_Alkmaar_%281504%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="516" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Master_of_Alkmaar" title="Master of Alkmaar">Master of Alkmaar</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Seven_Works_of_Mercy_(Master_of_Alkmaar)" title="The Seven Works of Mercy (Master of Alkmaar)">The Seven Works of Mercy</a></i>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1504</span>, polyptych (<a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rijksmuseum" title="Rijksmuseum">Rijksmuseum</a>)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Representation_in_art">Representation in art</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Works_of_mercy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Representation in art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The corporal works of mercy are an important subject of Christian iconography. In some representations of the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, the seven works were allegorically juxtaposed with the <a href="/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins" title="Seven deadly sins">seven deadly sins</a> (avarice, anger, envy, laziness, unchastity, intemperance, pride). The pictorial representation of the works of mercy began in the 12th century. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Caravaggio_-_Sette_opere_di_Misericordia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Caravaggio_-_Sette_opere_di_Misericordia.jpg/200px-Caravaggio_-_Sette_opere_di_Misericordia.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Caravaggio_-_Sette_opere_di_Misericordia.jpg/300px-Caravaggio_-_Sette_opere_di_Misericordia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Caravaggio_-_Sette_opere_di_Misericordia.jpg/400px-Caravaggio_-_Sette_opere_di_Misericordia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2775" data-file-height="4096" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/The_Seven_Works_of_Mercy_(Caravaggio)" title="The Seven Works of Mercy (Caravaggio)">The Seven Works of Mercy</a> by <a href="/wiki/Caravaggio" title="Caravaggio">Caravaggio</a>, 1606/07 (Naples)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Alkmaar" title="Master of Alkmaar">Master of Alkmaar</a> painted the polyptych of the <i>Seven works of mercy</i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1504</span>) for the <a href="/wiki/Grote_of_Sint-Laurenskerk_(Alkmaar)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk (Alkmaar)">Church of Saint Lawrence</a> in <a href="/wiki/Alkmaar,_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Alkmaar, Netherlands">Alkmaar, Netherlands</a>. His series of wooden panel paintings show the works of mercy, with Jesus in the background viewing each, in this order: feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, bury the dead, shelter the traveler, comfort the sick, and ransom the captive. </p><p>The painting of the <i>Seven Works of Mercy</i> by <a href="/wiki/Frans_Francken_the_Younger" title="Frans Francken the Younger">Frans II Francken</a> (1605) represents the acts not as a picture cycle, but in one single composition. </p><p>A major work of the iconography of mercy is the altarpiece of <a href="/wiki/Caravaggio" title="Caravaggio">Caravaggio</a> (1606/07) in <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a>, which was commissioned by the Confraternità del <a href="/wiki/Pio_Monte_della_Misericordia" title="Pio Monte della Misericordia">Pio Monte della Misericordia</a> for their church. This charity brotherhood was founded in 1601 in Naples. The artist painted the <i>Seven Works of Mercy</i> in one single composition. Regarding the sharp contrasts of the painting's <a href="/wiki/Chiaroscuro" title="Chiaroscuro">chiaroscuro</a>, the art historian <a href="/wiki/Ralf_van_B%C3%BChren" title="Ralf van Bühren">Ralf van Bühren</a> explains the bright light as a metaphor for <a href="/wiki/Mercy" title="Mercy">mercy</a>, which "helps the audience to explore mercy in their own lives".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Methodism">In Methodism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Works_of_mercy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In Methodism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a> teaching, doing merciful acts is a prudential means of grace.<sup id="cite_ref-Wesley2_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wesley2-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with <a href="/wiki/Works_of_piety" title="Works of piety">works of piety</a>, works of mercy evidence <a href="/wiki/Sanctification_in_Christianity#Methodist" title="Sanctification in Christianity">growth in grace</a> and are characteristic of those who have <a href="/wiki/Christian_perfection" title="Christian perfection">Christian perfection</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wesley3_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wesley3-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sanctification_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanctification-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this sense, the <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a> concern for people at the margins is closely related to its <a href="/wiki/Christian_worship" title="Christian worship">worship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Relation_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Relation-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such, these beliefs have helped create the emphasis of the <a href="/wiki/Social_gospel" class="mw-redirect" title="Social gospel">social gospel</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist Church">Methodist Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Social_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Social-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Methodist works of mercy are:<sup id="cite_ref-Wesley2_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wesley2-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Doing good</li> <li>Visiting the sick and prisoners</li> <li>Feeding and clothing people</li> <li>Earning, saving, giving all one can</li> <li>Opposition to slavery</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Works_of_mercy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_novena" class="mw-redirect" title="Divine Mercy novena">Divine Mercy novena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Casa_da_Miseric%C3%B3rdia" title="Santa Casa da Misericórdia">Holy House of Mercy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercy_Corps" title="Mercy Corps">Mercy Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_of_Mercy" title="Virgin of Mercy">Our Lady of Mercy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_gifts_of_the_Holy_Spirit" title="Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit">Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_Mercy" title="Sisters of Mercy">Sisters of Mercy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tree_of_virtues" class="mw-redirect" title="Tree of virtues">Tree of virtues</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Works_of_mercy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBellarmine1847" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bellarmine" title="Robert Bellarmine">Bellarmine, Robert</a> (1847). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:The Art of Dying Well/Chapter 9"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Dying_Well/Chapter_9">"The Ninth Precept, or Almsdeeds." </a></span>. <i>The Art of Dying Well</i>. Translated by John Dalton. Richardson and Son.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Ninth+Precept%2C+or+Almsdeeds.&rft.btitle=The+Art+of+Dying+Well&rft.pub=Richardson+and+Son&rft.date=1847&rft.aulast=Bellarmine&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorks+of+mercy" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Works_of_mercy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Anticlockwise from lower right: feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, ransom the captive, bury the dead, shelter the stranger, comfort the sick, and clothe the naked.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Works_of_mercy&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Grace-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Grace_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohn_Stephen_Bowden2005" class="citation book cs1">John Stephen Bowden (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=NGAUAQAAIAAJ&q=works+of+mercy+methodism"><i>Encyclopedia of Christianity</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780195223934" title="Special:BookSources/9780195223934"><bdi>9780195223934</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 July</span> 2011</span>. <q>Works of mercy are, therefore, not merely good deeds but also channels through which Christians receive God's grace.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Christianity&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=9780195223934&rft.au=John+Stephen+Bowden&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DNGAUAQAAIAAJ%26q%3Dworks%2Bof%2Bmercy%2Bmethodism&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorks+of+mercy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Manskar2014-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Manskar2014_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFManskar2014" class="citation web cs1">Manskar, Steve (22 December 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/blog/holiness-of-heart-and-life-part-3-of-6">"Holiness of Heart and Life: Part 3 of 6"</a>. United Methodist Church<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 May</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Holiness+of+Heart+and+Life%3A+Part+3+of+6&rft.pub=United+Methodist+Church&rft.date=2014-12-22&rft.aulast=Manskar&rft.aufirst=Steve&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.umcdiscipleship.org%2Fblog%2Fholiness-of-heart-and-life-part-3-of-6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorks+of+mercy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFR_Mauriello2011" class="citation book cs1">R Mauriello, Matthew (2011). <i>Mercies Remembered</i>. Xulon Press. pp. 149–160. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781612150055" title="Special:BookSources/9781612150055"><bdi>9781612150055</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mercies+Remembered&rft.pages=149-160&rft.pub=Xulon+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=9781612150055&rft.aulast=R+Mauriello&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorks+of+mercy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThomas_Aquinas1256–72" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-year-range-abbreviated">Thomas Aquinas (1256–72). "Of Almsdeeds (II-II, Q.32)". <i>Summa Theologica</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Of+Almsdeeds+%28II-II%2C+Q.32%29&rft.btitle=Summa+Theologica&rft.date=1256&rft.au=Thomas+Aquinas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorks+of+mercy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Misericordia-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Misericordia_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_30111980_dives-in-misericordia_en.html">Pope John Paul II, <i>Dives in misericordia</i>, §14</a>, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 30 November 1980.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ccc2447-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ccc2447_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ccc2447_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ccc2447_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ccc2447_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i><a href="/wiki/Catechism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Catechism of the Catholic Church">Catechism of the Catholic Church</a></i> (2nd ed.). <a href="/wiki/Vatican_Publishing_House" title="Vatican Publishing House">Libreria Editrice Vaticana</a>. 2019. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P8F.HTM#:~:text=2447%20">Paragraph 2447</a>. <q>The works of mercy are charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbor in his spiritual and bodily necessities. Instructing, advising, consoling, comforting are spiritual works of mercy, as are forgiving and bearing wrongs patiently. The corporal works of mercy consist especially in feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and imprisoned, and burying the dead.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Catechism+of+the+Catholic+Church&rft.pages=Paragraph+2447&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Libreria+Editrice+Vaticana&rft.date=2019&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorks+of+mercy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cathencycle-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Cathencycle_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cathencycle_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10198d.htm">Delany, Joseph. "Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy"</a> The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 11 July 2019<span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pope Francis, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/cura-creato/documents/papa-francesco_20160901_messaggio-giornata-cura-creato.html">Show Mercy to our Common Home: Message of his Holiness Pope Francis for the Celebration of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, 1 September 2016</a>, accessed on 16 August 2024</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Francis_2016-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Francis_2016_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-message-on-world-day-of-prayer-for-cr">Pope Francis: Message on 2016 World Day of Prayer for Creation</a> As a spiritual work of mercy, care for our common home calls for a "grateful contemplation of God’s world" (Laudato si', 214) which "allows us to discover in each thing a teaching which God wishes to hand on to us" (ibid., 85). As a corporal work of mercy, care for our common home requires "simple daily gestures which break with the logic of violence, exploitation and selfishness" and "makes itself felt in every action that seeks to build a better world"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dewane_Cantu_2017-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Dewane_Cantu_2017_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDewaneCantú2017" class="citation web cs1">Dewane, Frank J.; <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Cant%C3%BA" title="Oscar Cantú">Cantú, Oscar</a> (31 August 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/environment/statement-on-world-day-of-prayer-for-care-of-creation.cfm">"Statement on Upcoming World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation"</a>. <i>United States Conference of Catholic Bishops</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 June</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=United+States+Conference+of+Catholic+Bishops&rft.atitle=Statement+on+Upcoming+World+Day+of+Prayer+for+the+Care+of+Creation&rft.date=2017-08-31&rft.aulast=Dewane&rft.aufirst=Frank+J.&rft.au=Cant%C3%BA%2C+Oscar&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usccb.org%2Fissues-and-action%2Fhuman-life-and-dignity%2Fenvironment%2Fstatement-on-world-day-of-prayer-for-care-of-creation.cfm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorks+of+mercy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Harris_2016-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Harris_2016_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Harris_2016_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarris2016" class="citation news cs1">Harris, Elise (1 September 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/34484/pope-francis-declares-care-for-creation-a-new-work-of-mercy">"Pope Francis declares care for creation a new work of mercy"</a>. <i>Catholic News Agency</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Catholic+News+Agency&rft.atitle=Pope+Francis+declares+care+for+creation+a+new+work+of+mercy&rft.date=2016-09-01&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Elise&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicnewsagency.com%2Fnews%2F34484%2Fpope-francis-declares-care-for-creation-a-new-work-of-mercy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorks+of+mercy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcKenna2016" class="citation news cs1">McKenna, Josephine (1 August 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/01/pope-francis-calls-on-christians-to-embrace-green-agenda">"Pope Francis says destroying the environment is a sin"</a>. <i>the Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(19 February 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/eight-works-mercy">"The eight works of mercy"</a>. <i>Thinking Faith: The online journal of the Jesuits in Britain</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 June</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Thinking+Faith%3A+The+online+journal+of+the+Jesuits+in+Britain&rft.atitle=The+eight+works+of+mercy&rft.date=2018-02-19&rft.aulast=Rowlands&rft.aufirst=Anna+F.&rft.au=Czerny%2C+Robert+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thinkingfaith.org%2Farticles%2Feight-works-mercy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorks+of+mercy" class="Z3988"></span> This appears to be a translation and substantial revision of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRowlandsCzerny2018" class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Rowlands, Anna F.; Czerny, Robert E. (February 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aggiornamentisociali.it/articoli/la-cura-della-casa-comune-una-nuova-opera-di-misericordia/">"La cura della casa comune: una nuova opera di misericordia"</a>. <i>Aggiornamenti Sociali</i> (in Italian)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 June</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Aggiornamenti+Sociali&rft.atitle=La+cura+della+casa+comune%3A+una+nuova+opera+di+misericordia&rft.date=2018-02&rft.aulast=Rowlands&rft.aufirst=Anna+F.&rft.au=Czerny%2C+Robert+E.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aggiornamentisociali.it%2Farticoli%2Fla-cura-della-casa-comune-una-nuova-opera-di-misericordia%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorks+of+mercy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Matthew%2025:31–46&version=nrsv">Matthew 25:31–46</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Isaiah%2058&version=nrsv">Isaiah 58</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Tobit%201:16–22&version=nrsvae">Tobit 1:16–22</a>: In the days of Shalmaneser I had performed many charitable deeds for my kindred, members of my people. I would give my bread to the hungry and clothing to the naked. If I saw one of my people who had died and been thrown behind the wall of Nineveh, I used to bury him.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/282548/jewish/The-Basics.htm">Chabad: The taharah, funeral and burial</a> Jewish law is unequivocal in its insistence that the body, in its entirety, be returned to the earth, in a way that allows for the natural process of its decomposition and re-integration with its primordial source—the soil of which it was formed. It also insists that in the interim between death and interment, the integrity and dignity of the body be respected and preserved.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.news.va/en/news/new-work-of-mercy-enshrined-in-first-papal-message">News.Va: New work of mercy</a> Since biblical times, Christians have been called to carry out 6 acts of mercy, listed in St Matthew's Gospel – giving food and drink to the hungry and thirsty, welcoming the stranger, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and the prisoners – with a 7th one, burying the dead, added in medieval times.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Deuteronomy%2015:11&version=nrsv">Deuteronomy 15:11</a>: "For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, 'You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Ralf_van_B%C3%BChren" title="Ralf van Bühren">Ralf van Bühren</a>, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23753234.2017.1287283">Caravaggio's 'Seven Works of Mercy' in Naples. The relevance of art history to cultural journalism</a></i>, in <i>Church, Communication and Culture</i> 2 (2017), pp. 63–87, quotation from pp. 79–80.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Wesley2-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Wesley2_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wesley2_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20001209101500/http://gbgm-umc.org/UMW/Wesley/mission.stm">"Mission: The Works of Mercy"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_United_Methodist_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="The United Methodist Church">The United Methodist Church</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gbgm-umc.org/UMW/Wesley/mission.stm">the original</a> on 9 December 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 July</span> 2011</span>. <q>John Wesley believed that "means of grace," include both "works of piety" (instituted means of grace) and "works of mercy" (prudential means of grace). He preached that Christians must do both works of piety and works of mercy in order to move on toward Christian perfection.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mission%3A+The+Works+of+Mercy&rft.pub=The+United+Methodist+Church&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgbgm-umc.org%2FUMW%2FWesley%2Fmission.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorks+of+mercy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Wesley3-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Wesley3_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110629141125/http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/wesley/action.stm">"Mission: The Works of Mercy"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_United_Methodist_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="The United Methodist Church">The United Methodist Church</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/wesley/action.stm">the original</a> on 29 June 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 July</span> 2011</span>. <q>Christian Perfection is "holiness of heart and life." It is "walking the talk." John Wesley expected Methodists to do not only "works of piety" but "works of mercy"—both of these fused together put a Christian on the path to perfection in love.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mission%3A+The+Works+of+Mercy&rft.pub=The+United+Methodist+Church&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgbgm-umc.org%2Fumw%2Fwesley%2Faction.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorks+of+mercy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sanctification-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Sanctification_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohn_Wesley1840" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_Wesley" title="John Wesley">John Wesley</a> (1840). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=q4BPAAAAYAAJ&q=works+of+mercy+sanctification&pg=PA46"><i>The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M., Volume VI</i></a>. J. Emory & B. Waugh; J. Collord, New York. p. 46<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 July</span> 2011</span>. <q>Why, that both repentance, rightly understood, and the practice of all good works, – works of piety, as well as works of mercy, (now properly so called, since they spring from faith,) are, in some sense, necessary to sanctification.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Works+of+the+Reverend+John+Wesley%2C+A.M.%2C+Volume+VI&rft.pages=46&rft.pub=J.+Emory+%26+B.+Waugh%3B+J.+Collord%2C+New+York&rft.date=1840&rft.au=John+Wesley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dq4BPAAAAYAAJ%26q%3Dworks%2Bof%2Bmercy%2Bsanctification%26pg%3DPA46&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorks+of+mercy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Relation-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Relation_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohn_Stephen_Bowden2005" class="citation book cs1">John Stephen Bowden (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=NGAUAQAAIAAJ&q=works+of+mercy+methodism"><i>Encyclopedia of Christianity</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780195223934" title="Special:BookSources/9780195223934"><bdi>9780195223934</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 July</span> 2011</span>. <q>In this sense, Methodist concern for people at the margins is closely related to its worship.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Christianity&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=9780195223934&rft.au=John+Stephen+Bowden&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DNGAUAQAAIAAJ%26q%3Dworks%2Bof%2Bmercy%2Bmethodism&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorks+of+mercy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Social-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Social_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEdward_Craig1998" class="citation book cs1">Edward Craig (1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=NfRXYYhpLekC&q=methodism+sanctification+works+of+mercy&pg=PA457"><i>Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Questions to sociobiology</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Taylor_%26_Francis" title="Taylor & Francis">Taylor & Francis</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780415187138" title="Special:BookSources/9780415187138"><bdi>9780415187138</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 July</span> 2011</span>. <q>He clearly thought that there is an experience of sanctification in which there is a total death to sin and a complete renewal of the image of God. His various qualifications concerning the nature of perfection did not, however, weaken the Methodist stress that one must press on towards perfection in this life. Much of the social activism of Methodism sprang from this stress.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Routledge+Encyclopedia+of+Philosophy%3A+Questions+to+sociobiology&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=9780415187138&rft.au=Edward+Craig&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DNfRXYYhpLekC%26q%3Dmethodism%2Bsanctification%2Bworks%2Bof%2Bmercy%26pg%3DPA457&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorks+of+mercy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> This article incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHerbermann1913" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Herbermann, Charles, ed. 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color:black;">Distinctive beliefs<br /> and practices</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assurance_(theology)#John_Wesley_and_Methodism" title="Assurance (theology)">Assurance of faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conditional_preservation_of_the_saints" title="Conditional preservation of the saints">Conditional preservation of the saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_of_all_believers" title="Priesthood of all believers">Priesthood of all believers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_Quadrilateral" title="Wesleyan Quadrilateral">Four sources of theological authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covenant_theology" title="Covenant theology">Covenant theology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Substitutionary_atonement" title="Substitutionary atonement">Substitutionary atonement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imparted_righteousness" title="Imparted righteousness">Imparted righteousness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Commandments#Methodist" title="Ten Commandments">Moral law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Born_again" title="Born again">New birth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_will_in_theology#Classical_Arminianism_and_Wesleyan_Arminianism" title="Free will in theology">Free will</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outward_holiness" title="Outward holiness">Outward holiness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prevenient_grace" title="Prevenient grace">Prevenient grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_presence_of_Christ_in_the_Eucharist#Methodist" title="Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist">Real presence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanctification_in_Christianity#Methodist" title="Sanctification in Christianity">Sanctification (growth in grace)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Sabbatarianism" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunday Sabbatarianism">Sunday Sabbatarianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_perfection" title="Christian perfection">Christian perfection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_work_of_grace" title="Second work of grace">Second work of grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptism_with_the_Holy_Spirit#Entire_sanctification" title="Baptism with the Holy Spirit">Baptism with the Holy Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_views_on_sin#Methodist_views" title="Christian views on sin">Views on sin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Works_of_piety" title="Works of piety">Works of piety</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Works of mercy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F8E0E0; color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Methodist_worship" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist worship">Worship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Service_of_the_Methodists" title="The Sunday Service of the Methodists">The Sunday Service of the Methodists</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covenant_Renewal_Service" title="Covenant Renewal Service">Covenant Renewal Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revival_meeting" title="Revival meeting">Revival service</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mourner%27s_bench" title="Mourner's bench">Mourner's bench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altar_call" title="Altar call">Altar call</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_meeting" title="Camp meeting">Camp meeting</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tabernacle_(Methodist)" title="Tabernacle (Methodist)">Tabernacle</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tent_revival" title="Tent revival">Tent revival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brush_arbour_revival" title="Brush arbour revival">Brush arbour revival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revivalist_(person)" title="Revivalist (person)">Revivalist</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agape_feast" title="Agape feast">Lovefeast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watchnight_service" title="Watchnight service">Watchnight service</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F8E0E0; color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Methodists" title="List of Methodists">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Allen_(bishop)" title="Richard Allen (bishop)">Richard Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Asbury" title="Francis Asbury">Francis Asbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Coke_(bishop)" title="Thomas Coke (bishop)">Thomas Coke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_William_Fletcher" title="John William Fletcher">John William Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Williams_Pantycelyn" title="William Williams Pantycelyn">William Williams Pantycelyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Scott" title="Orange Scott">Orange Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._T._Roberts" title="B. T. Roberts">Benjamin Titus Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Ashbel_Sellew" title="Walter Ashbel Sellew">Walter Sellew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howell_Harris" title="Howell Harris">Howell Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Outler" title="Albert Outler">Albert C. Outler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Varick" title="James Varick">James Varick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wesley" title="Charles Wesley">Charles Wesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wesley" title="John Wesley">John Wesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Whitefield" title="George Whitefield">George Whitefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selina_Hastings,_Countess_of_Huntingdon" title="Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon">Countess of Huntingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoebe_Palmer" title="Phoebe Palmer">Phoebe Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Watson_(Methodist)" title="Richard Watson (Methodist)">Richard Watson</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Methodist_bishops" title="Category:Methodist bishops">Bishops</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Methodist_theologians" title="List of Methodist theologians">Theologians</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F8E0E0; 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title="World Methodist Council">World Methodist Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saints_in_Methodism" title="Saints in Methodism">Saints in Methodism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_views_on_alcohol#Methodism" title="Christian views on alcohol">Methodist views on alcohol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_local_preacher" title="Methodist local preacher">Methodist local preacher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itinerant_preacher" title="Itinerant preacher">Itinerant preacher</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Circuit_rider_(religious)" title="Circuit rider (religious)">Circuit rider</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steward_(Methodism)" title="Steward (Methodism)">Steward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homosexuality_and_Methodism" title="Homosexuality and Methodism">Homosexuality and Methodism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordination_of_women_in_Methodism" title="Ordination of women in Methodism">Ordination of women in Methodism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishops_in_Methodism" 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tradition">Tradition</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Catechism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Catechism of the Catholic Church">Catechism</a></i></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="General" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/God_in_Christianity" title="God in Christianity">God</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God" title="Kingship and kingdom of God">Kingdom</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_theology_on_the_body" title="Catholic theology on the body">Body and soul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_grace" title="Divine grace">Divine grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dogma_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Dogma in the Catholic Church">Dogma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Original_sin" title="Original sin">Original sin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_saints" title="List of Catholic saints">Saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvation_in_Christianity" title="Salvation in Christianity">Salvation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mount" title="Sermon on the Mount">Sermon on the Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Commandments_in_Catholic_theology" title="Ten Commandments in Catholic theology">Ten Commandments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulgate" title="Vulgate">Vulgate</a></li> <li>Official Bible <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sixtine_Vulgate" title="Sixtine Vulgate">Sixtine Vulgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixto-Clementine_Vulgate" title="Sixto-Clementine Vulgate">Sixto-Clementine Vulgate</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nova_Vulgata" title="Nova Vulgata">Nova Vulgata</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_worship" title="Christian worship">Worship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecclesiology" title="Catholic ecclesiology">Ecclesiology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Communitas_perfecta" title="Communitas perfecta">Communitas perfecta</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecumenical_councils" title="Catholic ecumenical councils">Councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_ecumenism" title="Catholic Church and ecumenism">Ecumenism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Marks_of_the_Church" title="Four Marks of the Church">Four marks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/One_true_church" title="One true church">One true church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholicity" title="Catholicity">Catholic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infallibility_of_the_Church" title="Infallibility of the Church">Infallibility</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mystici_Corporis_Christi" title="Mystici Corporis Christi">Mystici Corporis Christi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People_of_God" title="People of God">People of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churches_Militant,_Penitent,_and_Triumphant" title="Churches Militant, Penitent, and Triumphant">Three states</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Subsistit_in" title="Subsistit in">Subsistit in</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_theology,_and_fundamental_theory_of_Catholic_canon_law" title="Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law">In canon law</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Sacraments_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Sacraments of the Catholic Church">Sacraments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">Baptism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confirmation_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Confirmation in the Catholic Church">Confirmation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eucharist_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Eucharist in the Catholic Church">Eucharist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacrament_of_Penance" title="Sacrament of Penance">Penance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_the_Sick_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Anointing of the Sick in the Catholic Church">Anointing of the Sick</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Last_rites" title="Last rites">Last rites</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_orders_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Holy orders in the Catholic Church">Holy orders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Marriage in the Catholic Church">Matrimony</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Mariology" title="Catholic Mariology">Mariology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Catholic_Mariology" title="History of Catholic Mariology">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariology_of_the_popes" title="Mariology of the popes">Mariology of the popes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariology_of_the_saints" title="Mariology of the saints">Mariology of the saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Mother of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_virginity_of_Mary" title="Perpetual virginity of Mary">Perpetual virginity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veneration_of_Mary_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church">Veneration</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josephology" title="Josephology">Josephology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christian_philosophy" title="Christian philosophy">Philosophy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Natural_law" title="Natural law">Natural law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_moral_theology" title="Catholic moral theology">Moral theology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personalism_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Personalism (Catholic)">Personalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_social_teaching" title="Catholic social teaching">Social teaching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_philosophers_and_theologians" title="List of Catholic philosophers and theologians">Philosophers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_theology,_and_fundamental_theory_of_Catholic_canon_law" title="Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law">Philosophy of canon law</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_the_Catholic_Church" title="Science and the Catholic Church">Science</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evolution_and_the_Catholic_Church" title="Evolution and the Catholic Church">Evolution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state" title="Separation of church and state">Separation of church and state</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Relations_between_the_Catholic_Church_and_the_state" title="Relations between the Catholic Church and the state">Relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_politics" title="Catholic Church and politics">Politics</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Saint_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint (Catholic)">Saints</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Family" title="Holy Family">Holy Family</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prophets_of_Christianity" title="Prophets of Christianity">Prophets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archangel" title="Archangel">Archangels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_martyr" title="Christian martyr">Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_the_Church" title="Doctor of the Church">Doctors of the Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Evangelists" title="Four Evangelists">Evangelists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confessor_of_the_Faith" title="Confessor of the Faith">Confessors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">Disciples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_(title)" title="Virgin (title)">Virgins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Organisation<br /><small><a href="/wiki/Hierarchy_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Hierarchy of the Catholic Church">Hierarchy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Canon_law_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Canon law of the Catholic Church">Canon law</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Catholic_laity" title="Catholic laity">Laity</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Order of precedence in the Catholic Church">Precedence</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_by_country" title="Catholic Church by country">By country</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_popes" title="List of popes">List of popes</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a> <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecumenical_councils" title="Catholic ecumenical councils">Ecumenical councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Cardinals" title="College of Cardinals">College</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_living_cardinals" class="mw-redirect" title="List of living cardinals">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Cardinal_Advisers" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Cardinal Advisers">Advisers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Roman Curia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery" title="Dicastery">Dicasteries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Synod of Bishops in the Catholic Church">Synod of Bishops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Properties_of_the_Holy_See" title="Properties of the Holy See">Properties</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Vatican_City%E2%80%93related_articles" title="Index of Vatican City–related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Vatican_City" title="Outline of Vatican City">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Palace" title="Apostolic Palace">Apostolic Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateran_Treaty" title="Lateran Treaty">Lateran Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rota" title="Roman Rota">Roman Rota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St. Peter's Basilica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Guard" title="Swiss Guard">Swiss Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Museums" title="Vatican Museums">Vatican Museums</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Polity</a> (<a href="/wiki/Holy_orders_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Holy orders in the Catholic Church">Holy orders</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_(structured_view)" title="List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)">Diocese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_conference" title="Episcopal conference">Episcopal conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eparchy#Church_hierarchy" title="Eparchy">Eparchy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Bishops in the Catholic Church">Bishop</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_archbishop" title="Major archbishop">Major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primate_(bishop)" title="Primate (bishop)">Primate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_bishop" title="Metropolitan bishop">Metropolitan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">Archbishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocesan_bishop" title="Diocesan bishop">Diocesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coadjutor_bishop" title="Coadjutor bishop">Coadjutor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_bishop" title="Auxiliary bishop">Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titular_bishop" title="Titular bishop">Titular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_emeritus" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope emeritus">Emeritus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parish_(Catholic_Church)" title="Parish (Catholic Church)">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Priesthood in the Catholic Church">Priest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon" title="Deacon">Deacon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Consecrated_life" title="Consecrated life">Consecrated life</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religious_(Western_Christianity)" title="Religious (Western Christianity)">Religious</a>:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_(hierarchy)" title="Superior (hierarchy)">Superior</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbot" title="Abbot">Abbot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abbess" title="Abbess">Abbess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_general_(Christianity)" title="Superior general (Christianity)">General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_superior" title="Provincial superior">Provincial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prior_(ecclesiastical)" title="Prior (ecclesiastical)">Prior, Prioress</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_master_(order)" title="Grand master (order)">Grand master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_brother" title="Religious brother">Brother</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friar" title="Friar">Friar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">Monk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_sister" title="Religious sister">Sister</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_nun" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic nun">Nun</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermit" title="Hermit">Hermit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novitiate" title="Novitiate">Novice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Novice_master" title="Novice master">Master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oblate" title="Oblate">Oblate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postulant" title="Postulant">Postulant</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_particular_churches_and_liturgical_rites" title="Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites">Particular churches</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Sui_iuris" title="Sui iuris">sui iuris</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic Churches</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Albanian Greek Catholic Church">Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Armenian Catholic Church">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Belarusian Greek Catholic Church">Belarusian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church">Bulgarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Church" title="Chaldean Catholic Church">Chaldean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Catholic_Church" title="Coptic Catholic Church">Coptic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Church_of_Croatia_and_Serbia" title="Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia">Croatian and Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Catholic_Church" title="Eritrean Catholic Church">Eritrean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Catholic_Church" title="Ethiopian Catholic Church">Ethiopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Georgia" title="Catholic Church in Georgia">Georgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Byzantine_Catholic_Church" title="Greek Byzantine Catholic Church">Greek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Hungarian Greek Catholic Church">Hungarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italo-Albanian_Catholic_Church" title="Italo-Albanian Catholic Church">Italo-Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Macedonian Greek Catholic Church">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maronite_Church" title="Maronite Church">Maronite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Melkite Greek Catholic Church">Melkite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Romanian Greek Catholic Church">Romanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Russian Greek Catholic Church">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruthenian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church">Ruthenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Slovak Greek Catholic Church">Slovak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Catholic_Church" title="Syriac Catholic Church">Syriac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Syro-Malabar Catholic Church">Syro-Malabar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malankara_Catholic_Church" title="Syro-Malankara Catholic Church">Syro-Malankara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church">Ukrainian</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_liturgy" title="Catholic liturgy">Catholic liturgy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_liturgy" title="Eastern Catholic liturgy">Eastern Catholic liturgy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandrian_liturgical_rites" title="Alexandrian liturgical rites">Alexandrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochene_Rite" title="Antiochene Rite">Antiochian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Syriac_Rite" title="East Syriac Rite">East Syriac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Syriac_Rite" title="West Syriac Rite">West Syriac</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malankara_Rite" title="Malankara Rite">Malankara</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_liturgical_rites" title="Latin liturgical rites">Latin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambrosian_Rite" title="Ambrosian Rite">Ambrosian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rite_of_Braga" title="Rite of Braga">Braga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozarabic_Rite" title="Mozarabic Rite">Mozarabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mass_of_Paul_VI" title="Mass of Paul VI">Paul VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tridentine_Mass" title="Tridentine Mass">Tridentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Use" title="Anglican Use">Anglican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaire_Use" title="Zaire Use">Zaire</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic culture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_art" title="Catholic art">Art</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marian_art_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Marian art in the Catholic Church">Marian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_artists" title="List of Catholic artists">Artists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_writers" title="List of Catholic writers">Writers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_Catholic_church_buildings" title="Lists of Catholic church buildings">Church buildings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altarpiece" title="Altarpiece">Altarpieces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_Catholicism" title="Folk Catholicism">Folk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Library" title="Vatican Library">Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Museums" title="Vatican Museums">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Catholic_music" title="Category:Catholic music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Holy_See" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Holy See">Distinctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Role_of_Christianity_in_civilization" title="Role of Christianity in civilization">Role in civilisation</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Criticism of the Catholic Church">Criticism of the Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Catholicism" title="Anti-Catholicism">Anti-Catholicism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Catholic_media" title="Category:Catholic media">Media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See_Press_Office" title="Holy See Press Office">Holy See Press Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Media" title="Vatican Media">Vatican Media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_News" title="Vatican News">Vatican News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Television_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican Television Center">Vatican Television Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Radio" title="Vatican Radio">Vatican Radio</a></li></ul></li> <li>Vatican Polyglot Press</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L%27Osservatore_Romano" title="L'Osservatore Romano">L'Osservatore Romano</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Acta_Apostolicae_Sedis" title="Acta Apostolicae Sedis">Acta Apostolicae 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