theological virtue
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of theological virtue
First recorded in 1520–30
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 Saint Thomas Aquinas
Objection 1: It would seem that hope is not a theological virtue.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
Therefore theological virtue does not observe the mean.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
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