Marcel over at the Catholic blog Aggie Catholics has put together a list of some of the most well-known phrases from the Bible. This is a great list. I suspect that some people aren't even aware that these well-known words come from the Bible.
Here are some of my favorites, but do go and read Marcel's whole list:
42 - "Can a leopard change his spots?" - Jeremiah 13:2341 - "A man after my own heart" - Samuel 13:14 / Acts 13:2238 - "The powers that be" - Romans 13: 1-237 - "Drop in the bucket" - Isaiah 40:1532 - "Labor of love" - 1 Thessalonians 1:325 - "No rest for the wicked" or "No rest for the weary" - Isaiah 57:2123 - "Apple of my eye" - Deuteronomy 2:10 / Zechariah 2:821 - "All things must pass" or "This too shall pass" - Matthew 24:6-816 - "Ashes to ashes" - Genesis 3:1914 - "A fly in the ointment" - Ecclesiastes 10:112 - "Signs of the times" - Matthew 16:311 - "It is better to give than to receive" - Acts 20:357 - "How the mighty have fallen" - 2 Samuel 1:196 - "Bite the dust" - Psalms 72: 95 - "Sour grapes" - Ezekiel 18:24 - "The writing on the wall" - Daniel 5:53 - "At my wit's end" - Psalm 107:271 - "By the skin of our teeth" - Job 19:20
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I suspect most people aren't aware just how much Catholicism - and Christianity in general - has affected the world, in particular the West.
The BC/AD calender, separation of Church and state, restoration of agriculture, the dignity of women, freedom from slavery, just to name a few.
Of course, bad Christians have also affected the world, too. Like the sex scandal, slavery in the British Empire and colonies, the way some conquerors treated natives, just to name a few.
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