theological virtue

noun

1. one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.

Word History and Origins

Origin of theological virtue¹

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

If they inculcate virtue, it is that theological virtue whose inutility we have sufficiently shown.

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But religion is neither an intellectual nor a theological virtue, but a moral virtue, for it is part of justice.

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Goodness answers to the theological virtue charity, and admits no excess, but error.

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The Baron, a very pious old man, practised that fine theological virtue which we used to cultivate at Blois—Hope!

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Righteousness is no hazy, theological virtue, having little to do with every-day life and small resemblance to secular morality.

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