Anger, Anger of God

See also: Insult, offense.

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Jesus speaks harshly to the Pharisees who continue their sins and persist in their errors (example of Divine anger) - James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum.

The word anger comes from the Greek kholê, bile. It was supposed to be caused by the heating of this bile.

In the work of Maria Valtorta, the word anger covers three different meanings:

• The anger of God, or divine anger. It marks the limit reached by Mercy which gives way to Justice. Mercy is a bulwark against divine Justice.
• The anger of man, one of the seven capital sins, which Confession condemns.
• The anger of Satan, another way to describe his rage.

The anger of God and Mercy

God is defined as fundamentally tender, merciful, slow to anger and full of love.

Ex 34:6-7: He passed before Moses and proclaimed: "The LORD, the LORD, God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in love and truth, who keeps his faithfulness to thousands, who forgives fault, transgression and sin, but does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation."

Psalm 102 (Hebrew 103), 8-11: The LORD is compassionate and [[Pity, Mercy,