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Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов. - М.: "Республика". Мак-Ким Дональд К.. 2004.
Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов. - М.: "Республика". Мак-Ким Дональд К.. 2004.
thank God/goodness/heavens/the Lord — thank God/goodness/heaven(s)/the Lord used to express happiness or relief that something did or did not happen Thank God you got here when you did. Thank goodness it turned out to be a false alarm. • • • Main Entry: ↑thank … Useful english dictionary
thank God/goodness/heaven/the Lord — thank God/goodness/heaven(s)/the Lord used to express happiness or relief that something did or did not happen Thank God you got here when you did. Thank goodness it turned out to be a false alarm. • • • Main Entry: ↑thank … Useful english dictionary
god — [gɔd US ga:d] n [: Old English;] 1.) God the spirit or ↑being who Christians, Jews, Muslims etc pray to, and who they believe created the universe ▪ Most Americans still believe in God . ▪ Nothing could shake his belief in God . ▪ He thought it… … Dictionary of contemporary English
God — noun (singular, not with the) 1 the being 2 (1) who Christians, Jews, and Muslims pray to see also: act of God act 1 (10) 2 God/oh God/my God/good God spoken used to add force to what you are saying, when you are surprised, annoyed, or amused: Oh … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
goodness, perfect — God s perfect goodness is his being unsurpassable in morality. Sometimes this is called omnibenevolence , but that label would seem rather to refer to the different doctrine that God is benevolent in every way to every one. Obviously… … Christian Philosophy
goodness — goodness, virtue, rectitude, morality are comparable and very general terms denoting moral excellence. Goodness is the broadest of these terms; it suggests an excellence so deeply established that it is often felt as inherent or innate rather… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
goodness\ knows — • God knows • goodness knows • heaven knows • heaven (only) knows • Lord knows informal 1. Maybe God knows but I don t know and no one else knows. Often used with only . Do you know where Susan is? God only knows! 2. Surely; certainly. Goodness… … Словарь американских идиом
God\ knows — • God knows • goodness knows • heaven knows • heaven (only) knows • Lord knows informal 1. Maybe God knows but I don t know and no one else knows. Often used with only . Do you know where Susan is? God only knows! 2. Surely; certainly. Goodness… … Словарь американских идиом
goodness — O.E. godnes goodness, virtue, kindliness; see GOOD (Cf. good) (adj.) + NESS (Cf. ness). In exclamations from 1610s, first recorded being for goodnesse sake, i.e. as you trust in the goodness of God … Etymology dictionary
God (or goodness or heaven) knows — I have no idea. → know … English new terms dictionary