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February 2007 Archive

Misery (Heidelberg Catechism, Question 3)

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on February 6, 2007

If I may start with something I posted a few weeks ago: The English noun, “misery” is probably derived from the Latin verb misereo, “to pity.” The Latin adjective miser means “wretched.” In our translation, the noun “misery” (German, Das Elend; Latin, . . . Continue reading →

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