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'''Mercy''' (Middle [[English]], from Anglo-French ''merci'', from Medieval [[Latin]] ''merced-'', ''merces'', from Latin, "price paid, wages", from ''merc-'', ''merx'' "merchandise") can refer both to compassionate [[behavior]] on the part of those in [[power]] (e.g. mercy shown by a judge toward a convict) or on the part of a humanitarian third party (e.g. a mission of mercy aiming to treat war victims). Mercy is a word used to describe compassion shown by one person to another, or a request from one person to another to be shown such leniency or unwarranted compassion for a crime or wrongdoing.

'''Mercy''' (Middle [[English]], from Anglo-French ''merci'', from Medieval [[Latin]] ''merced-'', ''merces'', from Latin, "price paid, wages", from ''merc-'', ''merx'' "merchandise") can refer both to compassionate [[behavior]] on the part of those in [[power]] (e.g. mercy shown by a judge toward a convict) or on the part of a humanitarian third party (e.g. a mission of mercy aiming to treat war victims). Mercy is a word used to describe compassion shown by one person to another, or a request from one person to another to be shown such leniency or unwarranted compassion for a crime or wrongdoing.

To be "mercy", the behavior generally can not be compelled by outside forces.  (A famous literary example is from ''The Merchant of Venice'' when Portia asks Shylock to show mercy. He asks, ''On what compulsion, must I?''  She responds ''The [[quality]] of mercy is not strained''.)

To be "mercy", the behavior generally can not be compelled by outside forces.  (A famous literary example is from ''The Merchant of Venice'' when Portia asks Shylock to show mercy. He asks, ''On what compulsion, must I?''  She responds ''The [[quality]] of mercy is not strained''.)

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God is love, the Son is mercy. Mercy is applied love, the Father's love in action in the person of his Eternal Son. The love of this universal Son is likewise

[[God]] is [[love]], the Son is '''mercy'''. Mercy is applied love, the Father's love in action in the person of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_6_-_The_Eternal_Son Eternal Son]. The love of this universal Son is likewise

universal. As love is comprehended on a sex planet, the love of God is more comparable to the love of a father, while the love of the Eternal Son is more like the affection of a mother.

[[universal]]. As love is comprehended on a [[sexuality|sex]] planet, the love of God is more comparable to the love of a father, while the love of the Eternal Son is more like the [[affection]] of a mother.

 

== References ==

== References ==

* Ralf van Bühren: ''Die Werke der Barmherzigkeit in der Kunst des 12.–18. Jahrhunderts. Zum Wandel eines Bildmotivs vor dem Hintergrund neuzeitlicher Rhetorikrezeption'' (Studien zur Kunstgeschichte, vol. 115), Hildesheim / Zürich / New York: Verlag Georg Olms 1998. ISBN 3-487-10319-2

* Ralf van Bühren: ''Die Werke der Barmherzigkeit in der Kunst des 12.–18. Jahrhunderts. Zum Wandel eines Bildmotivs vor dem Hintergrund neuzeitlicher Rhetorikrezeption'' (Studien zur Kunstgeschichte, vol. 115), Hildesheim / Zürich / New York: Verlag Georg Olms 1998. ISBN 3-487-10319-2