supernatural virtue

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Grace would be required for them, as for every other act of supernatural virtue, but no one would say that to assume such obligations a special call from heaven is prerequisite.

From What Shall I Be? A Chat With Young People by Cassilly, Francis Bernard

They readily accepted toys and trinkets, which, supposing them to be brought from heaven, possessed a supernatural virtue in their eyes.

From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by Kingston, William Henry Giles

And first, it is plain there is nothing extravagant in this report of the relics having a supernatural virtue; and for this reason, because there are such instances in Scripture, and Scripture cannot be extravagant.

From Apologia pro Vita Sua by Newman, John Henry

It was made to express, to represent God; but without attributing to the mere number ONE any divine or supernatural virtue.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

The supernatural virtue of charity renders us capable of loving God in a worthy and meritorious manner and of loving that which God loves.

From The Excellence of the Rosary Conferences for Devotions in Honor of the Blessed Virgin by Frings, Math Josef