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

“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

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

Now, my possessions are my own; no one has a claim upon them: I object to the placing of the third theological virtue in the order of the day.

From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

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