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
Passive belief is the theological virtue of all sectarians, especially of the Fourierists.
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
Now truth is not a theological virtue, because its object is not God but temporal things.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province 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
