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Benevolence

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This is a brief cross-reference entry. For the full topic material click the following topics: Alms, Charitableness, Liberality, Love.

Benevolence is active goodwill toward others, expressed in scripture as the giving of alms to the poor, charitableness in disposition, liberality in material generosity, and love for God and neighbor as the animating root of all such giving.

Click the following to read the full topics on this subject: Alms, Charitableness, Liberality, Love