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Essay / Power and Glory: Understanding Holiness
An excerpt from Hebrew 12:14 in the Bible states: “Strive for peace with all people, and holiness without which no one will see the Lord. » In other words, one must make every effort to seek peace in others and to be holy; no one will meet the Lord without holiness. Being able to understand holiness in others means being able to see goodness in everyone, regardless of their history, ethnicity, or sins they may have committed. In chapter three of part two, the priest is thrown into a cell, "just like the world: overpopulated with lust, crime and unhappy love." (P. 123) Ironically, in this squalid room, the priest is able to accept peace because he knows he has reached rock bottom. He believes in God's forgiveness, which allows him to feel compassion for those who are less righteous. He attains a new perspective on life and is able to judge people from a humanitarian perspective rather than that of a priest. For example, he believes that the mixed race woman is more pitiful than the godly woman because she is hypocritically trusting, which is worse than any mortal sin. The mongrel comes fr...