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

Consequently it is possible to find a mean and extremes in theological virtue, accidentally and in reference to us.

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

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