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

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

Therefore fear also is a theological virtue, being connected with the same matter, as it were.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province 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