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38: 171:, “The fear of the Lord, the gift of the Holy Spirit, doesn’t mean being afraid of God, since we know that God is our Father that always loves and forgives us,... is no servile fear, but rather a joyful awareness of God’s grandeur and a grateful realization that only in him do our hearts find true peace.” Roman Catholicism counts this fear as one of the 215:
and states that fear of the numinous is not a fear that one feels for a tiger, or even a ghost. Rather, the fear of the numinous, as C. S. Lewis describes it, is one filled with awe, in which you "feel wonder and a certain shrinking" or "a sense of inadequacy to cope with such a visitant and our
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differentiated between "fear of harm" (analogous to fear of a snake bite or a king's punishment) and "fear of greatness," analogous to respect for an exalted person, who would do us no harm. Maimonides categorized the fear of God as a positive commandment, as the feeling of human insignificance
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magazine, contributing editor John Mallon writes that the "fear" in "fear of the Lord" is often misinterpreted as "servile fear" (the fear of getting in trouble) when it should be understood as "filial fear" (the fear of offending someone whom one loves).
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theology) is the 'Sin of Human Respect'. This occurs when the 'Fear of God' is replaced with a 'Fear of other people' (aiming to please other people more than God), leading to
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In the Bahá'í Faith, "The heart must be sanctified from every form of selfishness and lust, for the weapons of the unitarians and the saints were and are the fear of God."
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explains that this gift "fills us with a sovereign respect for God, and makes us dread, above all things, to offend Him." In an April 2006 article published in
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Harris, Elise. "Pope: Fear of the Lord an alarm reminding us of what's right", Catholic News Agency, June 11, 2014
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is an Islamic term for being conscious and cognizant of God, of truth, of the rational reality, "
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characterized two types of fear as a lower "fear of punishment" and a higher "fear of glory."
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references the term in many of his writings, but specifically describes it in his book
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deriving from contemplation of God's "great and wonderful actions and creations."
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prostration before it". It is a fear that comes forth out of love for the Lord.
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Rejoice and Tremble: The Surprising Good News of the Fear of the Lord
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to express the type of fear one has for God. Anglican lay theologian
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Bauck, Whitney. "Putting the Fear of God in the Fashion Industry",
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Fear or a specific sense of respect, awe, and submission to a deity
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Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 3 September 2016
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says that "fear of the Lord" is "the beginning of wisdom".
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Forget, Jacques. "Holy Ghost." The Catholic Encyclopedia
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Index

Muttaqin
Fear of God (disambiguation)

fear
awe
deity
monotheistic religions
Hell
divine judgment
omnipotence
New Testament
Greek
φόβος
phobos
1 Timothy 2:10
Paul
θεοσέβεια
God's judgment
Magnificat
Luke 1:50
Parable of the Unjust Judge
Luke 18:1–8
New International Version
Pope Francis
seven gifts of the Holy Spirit
Proverbs 15:33
Catholic Encyclopedia
Jacques Forget
Rudolf Otto
numinous

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