theological virtue

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of theological virtue

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

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theological virtue

“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

I think, you know, that hope, which is after all a theological virtue, has never had justice at the hands of the theologians.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie

Now it belongs to a theological virtue to have God for its object.

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

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

From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon