Bible Encyclopedia: Fervor

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Whether Anger Above all Causes Fervor in the Heart?
... OF THE EFFECTS OF ANGER (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether anger above all causes
fervor in the heart? Objection 1: It would seem that heat ...
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Whether Love is a Passion that Wounds the Lover?
... Objection 3: Further, fervor denotes a certain excess of heat; which excess has
a corruptive effect. But love causes fervor: for Dionysius (Coel. Hier. ...
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The Eleventh Chapter: Acquiring Peace and Zeal for Perfection
... The contrary, however, is often the case"we feel that we were better and purer in
the first fervor of our conversion than we are after many years in the ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the eleventh chapter acquiring peace.htm

Of Saint Francis
... Francis, when he had heard this answer and known thereby the will of Jesu Christ,
rose up with fervor exceeding great, and said: "Let us be going in the name ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/of saint francis.htm

Whether Venial Sin Can be Forgiven Without Penance?
... Objection 3: Further, venial sins are contrary to the fervor of charity, as stated
in the [4776]SS, Q[24], A[10]. Now one contrary is removed by another. ...
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Foreword
... His father was a deacon in the church, and all the fervor of
Presbeterianism's long fight for freedom flowed through his veins. ...
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Spiritual Desolation.
... Hence, in this life the saints neither desired nor sought the joys of sensible fervor,
but rather the fervor of the spirit toughened in the crucible of ...
/.../de liguori/uniformity with gods will/6 spiritual desolation.htm

Marriage of the Blessed virgin to Joseph
... She was, however, told that it must be so.'. Hereupon I saw the Blessed Virgin
supplicating God with great fervor in her praying cell. ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/vii marriage of the blessed.htm

The Seventh Chapter: Grace must be Hidden under the Mantle of ...
... offense. When a spirit of fervor is enkindled within you, you may well
meditate on how you will feel when the fervor leaves. Then ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the seventh chapter grace must.htm

The Eighteenth Chapter: the Example Set us by the Holy Fathers
... How great was the fervor of all religious in the beginning of their holy institution!
How great their devotion in prayer and their rivalry for virtue! ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Intensity of feeling or expression; ardor; passion; holy zeal; earnestness.

2. (n.) Heat; excessive warmth.

Thesaurus

Fervor (2 Occurrences)
... passion; holy zeal; earnestness. 2. (n.) Heat; excessive warmth. Multi-Version
Concordance Fervor (2 Occurrences). Acts 18:25 this ...
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Unction (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) That quality in language, address, or the like, which excites emotion;
especially, strong devotion; religious fervor and tenderness; sometimes, a ...
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Festal (12 Occurrences)

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Fervently (7 Occurrences)

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Woman (4043 Occurrences)
... sex in that unsettled and formative era (Judges 5). No person in Israel surpassed
Hannah, the mother of Samuel, in intelligence, beauty and fervor of religious ...
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Zeal (45 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person
or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor. ...
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Or (15123 Occurrences)
... by small dots. 4. (n.) A noun suffix denoting an act; a state or quality;
as in error, fervor, pallor, candor, etc. 5. (n.) A noun ...
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Warmth (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A state of lively and excited interest; zeal; ardor; fervor; passion;
enthusiasm; earnestness; as, the warmth of love or piety; he replied with much ...
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Fervent (10 Occurrences)
... in your love among yourselves"); of zeo, "to boil," "to be hot" (Romans 12:11,
"fervent in spirit," Acts 18:25); of zelos, "zeal," "fervor" (2 Corinthians 7:7 ...
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Transfiguration
... would sound forever the Father's approval, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am
well pleased." The scene, therefore, wrought out in Jesus a new fervor, a new ...
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Bible Concordance

Fervor (2 Occurrences)

Acts 18:25 this one was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in the Spirit, was speaking and teaching exactly the things about the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John;
(See NIV)

Romans 12:11 in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Fervor

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Unction (2 Occurrences)

Festal (12 Occurrences)

Fervently (7 Occurrences)

Woman (4043 Occurrences)

Zeal (45 Occurrences)

Or (15123 Occurrences)

Warmth (2 Occurrences)

Fervent (10 Occurrences)