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
But some regard religion as a theological virtue, thus: 1.
From On Prayer and The Contemplative Life by Pope, Hugh
Therefore much more does theological virtue observe the mean.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Hence it does not give its name to a theological virtue, but to a gift, which withdraws us from evil, for higher motives than moral virtue does.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
