natural virtues
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The real difference between Paganism and Christianity is perfectly summed up in the difference between the pagan, or natural, virtues, and those three virtues of Christianity which the Church of Rome calls virtues of grace.
From Heretics by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
That many of the natural virtues have this tendency to the good of society, no one can doubt of.
From A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume
Here Finn and his companions are explicitly pronounced to be saved by their natural virtues, and the relations of the Church and the Fenian warriors are most friendly.
From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Stephen Reid
God does not bestow a supernatural reward upon the natural gifts, or even upon the natural virtues, which are to be found among pagans as well as among Christians.
From The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by F. J. Boudreaux
Having laid down in broad terms the fundamental doctrine of the supernatural life, it is proper to say a word of the natural virtues and of their relation to the supernatural.
From Life of Father Hecker by Walter Elliott
