English Dictionary

counsel of perfection

名詞

特定用法 広義

(Christianity) Advice as to a means of striving for moral perfection.

日本語の意味

道徳的な完全性の追求に関する助言、つまり、道徳的に完璧に近づくための方法に関する助言

The monk's sermon emphasized the counsel of perfection, urging the community to embrace poverty, chastity, and obedience as paths to holiness.

修道士の説教は、聖性を目指すための助言を強調し、共同体に貧しさ、貞潔、従順を受け入れるよう促した。

意味（1）

(Christianity) Advice as to a means of striving for moral perfection.

意味（2）

(Christianity, specifically) Any of the virtues of obedience, chastity, and charity, or other ascetic practices, especially in monastic vows.

There are many counsels of perfection. The frequent and fervent reception of the Sacraments is a counsel of perfection, and one of the principal of attaining perfection—Confession producing purity of soul, and Holy Communion a closer union between the soul and His Divine majesty.

意味（3）

(by extension) Noble but impractical idealistic advice.

To a practical statesman that will seem perhaps a counsel of perfection; and, certainly, it is a counsel that, at every stage, will encounter acute difficulties of practical operation.

counsels of perfection （ plural ）