counsel of perfection

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名词 n.
  1. Advice as to a means of striving for moral perfection.
    — The main biblical foundation for this distinction between commandments and counsels of perfection is in the story of the encounter between Jesus and the rich young ruler. There, once the young man declares that he has obeyed all the commandments, Jesus tells him that if he wishes to "be perfect" he is to sell all his possessions and give the money to the poor (Matt. 19:2).
  2. Advice as to a means of striving for moral perfection.; Any of the virtues of obedience, chastity, and charity, or other ascetic practices, especially in monastic vows. specifically
    — There are many counsels of perfection. The frequent and fervent reception of the Sacraments is a counsel of perfection, and one of the principal of attaining perfection—Confession producing purity of soul, and Holy Communion a closer union between the soul and His Divine majesty.
  3. Noble but impractical idealistic advice. broadly
    — To a practical statesman that will seem perhaps a counsel of perfection; and, certainly, it is a counsel that, at every stage, will encounter acute difficulties of practical operation.

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counsels of perfection plural

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counsel of despair

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From Latin consilium perfectionis, Aquinas et al., from consilium in Tertullian's translation of 1 Cor. 7:25.
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