For Aquinas, "God is compassionate" not only entails that God acts as a compassionate person would (as it does for Anselm), it also entails that those actions are expressions of a divine emotion or "feeling state"—an emotion or feeling state which qualifies the divine nature itself, and not just the assumed human nature (as Bernard thought).
The stewardess welcomed us "in the name of God the compassionate and the merciful"; I hoped for the best.
The full translation of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Christmas message that will be broadcast on Channel 4 tonight: "In the Name of God the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Hassan Shafti, the agency's president, opened the session with remarks "in the name of God, the Compassionate and the Merciful," according to a transcript.
And in my understanding, Islam enshrines compassion as a core spiritual principle, reflected in the very name of God, the "Compassionate and Merciful," that appears at the beginning of virtually each chapter of the Koran.
Every surah but the ninth, which presents a unique textual problem, opens with the basmalah formula ("in the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful") and is followed by numbered verses (āyahs).
In the name of God, most compassionate, most merciful, Dear Fellow Muslims, We are deeply saddened to hear about antisemitic assaults on British Jews, and a recent arson attack on a London synagogue.
Caliphate on the prophetic methodology In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful: "No, by your Lord, they will not believe until they have you rule over them in what they have disagreed and find in themselves from what you have judged and willingly submit".
His commitment to allying prayer with political action led him to create the Centrepoint charity for young homeless people in central London, to work tirelessly on promoting good race relations, and to become an influential writer exploring the relationship between intimacy with God and compassionate political commitment to a more just and peaceful world.
All theists describe God as compassionate.
