cleanliness is next to godliness?

Question

i need an essay on this topic

Answer 1

It sounds like this is a punishment for something you did. What did you do that deserved this?
CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS - "This ancient proverb is said by some to have come from ancient Hebrew writings. However, its first appearance in English - though in slightly altered form - seems to be in the writings of Francis Bacon. In his 'Advancement of Learning' (1605) he wrote: 'Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.' Near two centuries later John Wesley in one of his sermons (1791) indicated that the proverb was already well known in the form we use today. Wrote Wesley: 'Slovenliness is no part of religion.'Cleanliness is indeed next to Godliness.'" From "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins" by William and Mary Morris (HarperCollins, New York, 1977, 1988). There are a couple more details in "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" (1996) by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996): ".According to the fourteenth edition of 'Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,' it is an old Hebrew proverb used in the late 2nd century by Rabbi Phinehas ben-Yair. First attested in the United States in the 'Monthly Anthology and Boston Review' (1806). The proverb is found in varying forms."

Answer 2

CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS - "This ancient proverb is said by some to have come from ancient Hebrew writings. However, its first appearance in English - though in slightly altered form - seems to be in the writings of Francis Bacon. In his 'Advancement of Learning' (1605) he wrote: 'Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.' Near two centuries later John Wesley in one of his sermons (1791) indicated that the proverb was already well known in the form we use today. Wrote Wesley: 'Slovenliness is no part of religion.'Cleanliness is indeed next to Godliness.'" From "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins" by William and Mary Morris (HarperCollins, New York, 1977, 1988). There are a couple more details in "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" (1996) by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996): ".According to the fourteenth edition of 'Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,' it is an old Hebrew proverb used in the late 2nd century by Rabbi Phinehas ben-Yair. First attested in the United States in the 'Monthly Anthology and Boston Review' (1806). The proverb is found in varying forms."

Answer 3

Hygene was (and is) very important prior to anti-biotics. It was the difference between life and death.
People used to panic about cuts and abrasions because they could become infected, and if this happened there was a good chance you would die!

Severe illness also used to kill people in their millions and so hygene was vey important.

Vinegar was used as an antiseptic (which is a very descriptive name) and a bucket of vinegar was used to clean the money taken from plague victims.

Cleanliness is a fascinating subject, and is a career path which is seen as so demeaning. But without Hygene workers - the majority, if not all of us, would be dead!

Answer 4

Incorrect. Cleanliness is important to enable civilised people to conduct their every day lives.
Godliness (Christianity) is a yoke on the shoulders of all those who follow its unnatural teachings.

Answer 5

Cleanliness is next to Impossible

Answer 6

I can't write the essay but, cleanlines is next to godliness means God want you to keep every thing as clean as He is.

Answer 7

So they say! but then everyone idea of cleanliness's maybe different from someone else. I am clean but maybe my neighbour is cleaner it depends on your point of view. on being clean both personal and household.

Answer 8

god is everything pure, whole, honest, and loving, not litteraly clean, but pure... cleanliness in that sense = purity = god.

Answer 9

How can this be when God clearly doesn't exist?