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supernatural virtue — noun according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues • Syn: ↑theological virtue • Hypernyms: ↑cardinal virtue • … Useful english dictionary
supernatural virtue. — See theological virtue … Useful english dictionary
Virtue — • According to its etymology the word virtue (Latin virtus) signifies manliness or courage Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Virtue Virtue … Catholic encyclopedia
Supernatural Adoption — • The adoption of man by God in virtue of which we become His sons and heirs Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Supernatural Adoption Supernatural Adoption … Catholic encyclopedia
Supernatural Order — • The ensemble of effects exceeding the powers of the created universe and gratuitously produced by God for the purpose of raising the rational creature above its native sphere to a God like life and destiny Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… … Catholic encyclopedia
Virtue of Religion — Virtue of Religion † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Virtue of Religion Of the three proposed derivations of the word religion , that suggested by Lactantius and endorsed by St. Augustine seems perhaps to accord better with the idea than the… … Catholic encyclopedia
cardinal virtue — noun one of the seven preeminent virtues • Hypernyms: ↑virtue • Hyponyms: ↑natural virtue, ↑theological virtue, ↑supernatural virtue … Useful english dictionary
theological virtue — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God . Also called supernatural virtue. Cf. natural virtue. [1520 30] * * * … Universalium
theological virtue — noun according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues • Syn: ↑supernatural virtue • Hypernyms: ↑cardinal virtue • … Useful english dictionary
Love, Theological Virtue of — • The third and greatest of the Divine virtues enumerated by St. Paul (1 Cor., xiii, 13), usually called charity, defined: a divinely infused habit, inclining the human will to cherish God for his own sake above all things, and man for the sake… … Catholic encyclopedia
