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 hope is a moral, and not a theological virtue.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Now, my possessions are my own; no one has a claim upon them: I object to the placing of the third theological virtue in the order of the day.

From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

Objection 1: It would seem that theological virtue observes the mean.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint