theological virtue
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“Then the church turned demographic fact into theological virtue by embracing urban advocacy and racial justice.”
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2018
Catalans are archetypally producers rather than dreamers, and they tend to pride themselves on what they call seny, common sense raised almost to the level of a theological virtue.
From Time Magazine Archive
Therefore there should be but one theological virtue.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
But penance seems to be a theological virtue, since God is its object, for it makes satisfaction to God, to Whom, moreover, it reconciles the sinner.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
On the other hand, a theological virtue is concerned with the First Rule not ruled by another rule, and that Rule is its proper object.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
