English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "saligheid" is 'n toestand van hoogste geluk of geseëndheid, wat dikwels met godsdienstige of geestelike konteks geassosieer word. In die Christelike tradisie is die Saligsprekinge 'n stel seëninge wat deur Jesus in die Bergpredikasie vertel word, elkeen begin met die frase "Geseënd is..." en beskryf die kenmerke van diegene wat in die oë van God geseën is.

Sentence Examples

  1. God willed, no doubt, to open to this elect the treasures of eternal beatitude, at this hour when other men tremble with the idea of being severely received by the Lord, and cling to this life they know, in the dread of the other life of which they get but merest glimpses by the dismal murky torch of death.