English
Noun
good works pl (plural only)
- (Christianity) A person's beneficent actions or deeds, especially those of a charitable nature which advance one's progress toward salvation.
- 1859, Charles Kingsley, The Good News of God, ch. 3:
- [E]verlasting life . . . must be a righteous and just life; a loving and merciful life; for God is righteous, just, loving, merciful; and more, it must be an useful life, a life of good works.
- 1910, Jeffery Farnol, The Broad Highway, ch. 27:
- "Truth, sir, is that which can never pass away; the Truth of Life is Good Works, which abide everlastingly."
- 2009 Feb. 22, Bonnie Rochman, "Why Catholic Indulgences Are Making a Comeback," Time (retrieved 15 Aug 2014):
- "The church's teaching has evolved," Walsh says. "Part of indulgences is not just saying special prayers, but also doing good works."
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