theological virtue
Example Sentences
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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
Objection 1: It would seem that religion is a theological virtue.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Therefore there is no need for any habits of theological virtue, to direct the reason and will to God.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
This peculiar usage is based on the idea that love of goodness in a certain way attracts man towards God and prepares him for the theological virtue of charity.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
