Aggression
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Matthew 26:52
Then said Jesus to him, Put up again your sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
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Romans 13:4
For he is the minister of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath on him that does evil.
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Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) Unprovoked attack or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; first attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. Aggressions of power.
Greek
4124. pleonexia -- advantage, covetousness
... pleonexia Phonetic Spelling: (pleh-on-ex-ee'-ah) Short Definition: covetousness,
avarice Definition: covetousness, avarice, aggression, desire for advantage. ...
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Whether the Parts of Fortitude are Suitably Assigned?
... As stated above ([3338]Q[123], AA[3],6), the act of fortitude is twofold, aggression
and endurance. Now two things are required for the act of aggression. ...
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Whether Endurance is the Chief Act of Fortitude?
... Reply to Objection 1: Endurance is more difficult than aggression, for
three reasons. First, because endurance seemingly implies ...
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Whether Sedition is a Special Sin Distinct from Other Sins?
... First, because war and strife denote actual aggression on either side, whereas sedition
may be said to denote either actual aggression, or the preparation for ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether sedition is a special.htm

Whether the Brave Man Makes Use of Anger in his Action?
... Reply to Objection 3: Whereas fortitude, as stated above [3297](A[6]), has two acts,
namely endurance and aggression, it employs anger, not for the act of ...
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Enthusiasm.
... been in the past. We have been on the defensive long enough; the time has
come for us to enter on a war of aggression. When we as ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/to the work to the work/chapter v enthusiasm.htm

The Church of the Middle Ages
... Leo the Great, and the first "papal aggression."] In order to do this effectually,
it will be necessary to go back a little farther than the date at the head ...
/.../blunt/a key to the knowledge of church history/chapter x the church of.htm

The Roman Empire at the Time of the Birth of Christ. Upwards of a ...
... their domestic feuds were repressed by the presence of their powerful rulers, and
the imperial armies were at hand to protect them against foreign aggression. ...
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Whom Moses Saw.
... the Father. This statement it was that swung the leaders over from silent
contempt to aggression in their treatment of Him. The ...
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Some of God's Failures.
... He planned a great kingdom to overspread the earth in its rule and blessed
influence, but not by the aggression of war and oppression. ...
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Letter vi. To Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica.
... they run in accordance with our wishes, and correct, by applying the remedies of
compulsion, what we observe gone wrong through any aggression: hoping that ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/letter vi to anastasius bishop.htm

Thesaurus
Aggression (1 Occurrence)
... Unprovoked attack or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading
to a war or a controversy; first attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. ...
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Aggressive (2 Occurrences)
... (a.) Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults;
unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation. ...
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Aggravated (1 Occurrence)

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Aggressor (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The person who first attacks or makes an aggression;
he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant. ...
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Empire (8 Occurrences)
... (7) Imperial Interests. Lastly, the aggression and conquests of the republic
had brought about a state of affairs demanding an empire. ...
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Hazael (23 Occurrences)
... The relief that came to Israel was due to the crippling of the power of Syria
by the aggression of Assyria upon the lands of the West. ...
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Roman (26 Occurrences)
... (7) Imperial Interests. Lastly, the aggression and conquests of the republic
had brought about a state of affairs demanding an empire. ...
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Manasseh (140 Occurrences)
... Nor was his fortification of Jerusalem after his return less necessary against domestic
than foreign aggression; the more so, indeed, as in so long and ...
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Christianity
... (7) Imperial Interests. Lastly, the aggression and conquests of the republic
had brought about a state of affairs demanding an empire. ...
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Resources
What does the Bible say about being passive-aggressive? | GotQuestions.org

Is the war in Iraq a just war? | GotQuestions.org

Should a Christian prank / do pranks? Is it wrong to play a practical joke on someone? | GotQuestions.org

Aggression: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Aggression (1 Occurrence)

Isaiah 14:6
He whose rod was on the peoples with an unending wrath, ruling the nations in passion, with an uncontrolled rule.
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