“Mercy is "Alpha," justice is "Omega."”
Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) English Puritan
Quotes from secondary sources, Smooth Stones Taken From Ancient Brooks, 1860
Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices, 1652
“Mercy is "Alpha," justice is "Omega."”
Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) English Puritan
Quotes from secondary sources, Smooth Stones Taken From Ancient Brooks, 1860
“A man may stand for the justice of God, but a woman stands for His Mercy.”
Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter
Source: Life Is Worth Living
Richard Reynolds (bishop) (1674–1743) Bishop of Lincoln
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 273.
James, son of Zebedee major religious figure in Christian tradition and one of the Twelve Apostles
James 2:13 http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/books/james/2/, NWT
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer
What Must We Do To Be Saved? (1880) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38801/38801-h/38801-h.htm Section XI, "What Do You Propose?" <br class="br">Context: I have made up my mind that if there is a God, he will be merciful to the merciful.<br>Upon that rock I stand.<br>That he will not torture the forgiving.<br>Upon that rock I stand.<br>That every man should be true to himself, and that there is no world, no star, in which honesty is a crime.<br>Upon that rock I stand.<br>The honest man, the good woman, the happy child, have nothing to fear, either in this world or the world to come.<br>Upon that rock I stand.
Pope Francis (1936) 266th Pope of the Catholic Church
2010s, Address to the United States Congress, Mercy Is 'What Pleases God Most