Q467
What is the Lord’s sixth precept of blessedness?
They who would be blessed must be pure in heart, the qualification the Psalmist names for approaching God himself: “Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart” (Psa 24:3–4). The heart, in Scripture, is the hidden center of the whole person, the fountain of thought, desire, and deed (Prv 4:23; Mat 15:19; see the Study: Nous and Spirit, Heart and Soul; see Q390, Q486).
