Patience

The word patience (also historical: patience ) refers to the ability to maintain. Often, patience is considered a virtue; its opposite is impatience.

As a patient be the one who is willing to live with unfulfilled longings and unfulfilled wishes or to return them temporarily aware of. This capacity is closely linked with the ability to hope. Patiently is also who endures difficulties and sufferings with serenity and fortitude.

Origin

Patience goes back to Proto-Germanic Verbalabstraktum ga - thuldis. The verb is already been lost. It was probably the Indo-European verb root tol or tla ( bear, endure ). One finds the root in the Latin verb fero, tuli, latum ( from ferre ) means to bring and wear the. The Greek words tlänai ( bear ), tolman ( dare ) and polytlas ( steadfast ) belong in this context. Must tolerate the German verb but can not be found in the number of these old forms; it was derived later by patience. The term has been found to tolerate a foreign word input into the scientific Italian.

Patience in the confessions and other religions

Roman Catholic Church

Patience is a fruit of the Holy Spirit.

The word " patience " in the Bible translation by Martin Luther

Martin Luther in his translation of the New Testament the Greek word hypomonä (literally: " Among Stay " ) always played with patience. In some places (Rom 2:4; 1 Tim 1:16; 2 Peter 3,9.15; Heb 6:12; Jas 5:10) Luther uses the word patience as a translation of the Greek makrothymia (literally, longsuffering, figuratively: endurance). Both Greek words have loud historically nothing to do with patience, but clear descriptions of what is involved in patience.

Islam

In the Koran, the believing Muslims are asked in many places to be in Arabic صبر patience, patience, patience to practice DMG sabr '. So it is, for example, in the second Sura, verse 153: " Oh you who believe! Addiction help in patience and in prayer! God is with those who are patiently " and in the third Sura, verse 200: " O you who believe! Practice patience and effort you to remain steadfast and firm. And fear Allah! Vielleich it is you ( then ) go well with you "

Derivations

While the terms are derived from patience and longsuffering prove acquiescence in the 17th century, the word tolerance is created only in the 18th century as a translation of the foreign word tolerance. The term sufferer also comes on until the 18th century. She finds herself at first mainly with Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, and later in hymns, in which mainly Jesus Christ is called the sufferer. In common parlance the term sufferer is introduced by Johann Heinrich Voss. In his translation of Homer 's Odyssey, Odysseus as he calls " magnificent sufferer ". Emperor Frederick III was referred to as " sufferer on the throne ".