Temptation of Christ
Catholic interpretations

Temptation of Christ

Section Title: Catholic interpretations
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(Mt 22,37)	mind	soul	heart

divine virtues	faith	hope	love

human	thoughts	wishes	feelings

philosophy	logic	aestetics	ethics

ideal	truth	beauty	goodness

field	science	art	religion

(1 Jn 2:16) (Mt 4:1–11) temptations world sin	"pride of life" "spectacular throw" might success egoism	"lust of eyes" "kingdoms" wealth money materialism	"lust of body" "hunger" satisfaction pleasure hedonism

monastic vows	obedience humbleness serving	poverty sufficiency giving	purity mercy suffering

human virtues	prudence caution	temperance self-control	fortitude courage

Sentence(s)

Temptation of Christ is related with ideals in three areas; science (truth), arts (beauty) and religion (goodness).

final_sentence: Temptation of Christ is related with ideals in three areas; science (truth), arts (beauty) and religion (goodness).