Blessed Are Those Who Are Persecuted For Righteousness Sake As far back as Saint Augustine it was said that this Beatitude was an add-on....

Blessed Are The Peacemakers The origin of the word peacemaker meant ‘to bring about reconciliation’. In a broader context, reconciliation...

Blessed Are The Pure In Heart The state of the heart was a fundamental focus of early religions. This was evidenced in the placement of...

Blessed Are The Merciful The thirteenth-century etymology of the word mercy meant having “a disposition to forgive or show compassion.”...

Blessed Are Those Who Hunger And Thirst After Righteousness The fourth Beatitude says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after...

Blessed Are The Meek When people hear the word meekness, they immediately think of weakness. Given the origin of the word, it’s easy to...

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn Mourning is the external manifestation of grief, which is the primary experience that accompanies most forms...

Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit The first Beatitude found in the Sermon on the Mount reads, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is...

The Underpinning Philosophy of EAP Just over 2000 years ago, a new theology emerged, which could best be described as a theology of love...