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单词 theological virtues
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Definition of theological virtues in English:

theological virtues

plural noun
  • The three virtues of faith, hope, and charity.

    Often contrasted with natural virtues
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hope is a theological virtue; despair is a mortal sin.
    • Faith, hope, and love are the Church's traditional theological virtues.
    • Under the influence of the Judeo-Christian tradition as it enters the heart of the West, intellectual claims are tempered in yet a deeper way when they submit themselves to the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love.
    • John L. Frank said, ‘I remember Ernest once teaching us that the Christian virtue par excellence was not a theological virtue like faith, hope, or charity, nor was it a cardinal virtue like fortitude, temperance, justice, or prudence.’
    • He argues that faithful interpretation of texts ‘ultimately depends upon the theological virtues of faith, hope and love’.
    • Tolkien depicts the natural virtues as perfected and fulfilled by the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity.
    • Using the Creed and the Lord's Prayer as his guides, Augustine discusses the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love.
    • Hope, that great theological virtue, urges us to a different stance, one aware of human sin and shortcoming, but aware also of our capacities for stewardship and decency and our openness to grace.
    • I've found that the best way of capturing the spirit of this theological tradition is by considering the three so-called theological virtues named by Paul in the famous passage about love in 1 Corinthians 13: faith, hope and love.
    • And they taught us the foundations of the spiritual life as well: the cardinal and the theological virtues.
    • Together, the two verses include all of the theological virtues: hope, faith, and love (charity).
 
 

Definition of theological virtues in US English:

theological virtues

plural noun
  • The three virtues of faith, hope, and charity as defined by St. Paul.

    Often contrasted with cardinal virtue
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tolkien depicts the natural virtues as perfected and fulfilled by the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity.
    • And they taught us the foundations of the spiritual life as well: the cardinal and the theological virtues.
    • I've found that the best way of capturing the spirit of this theological tradition is by considering the three so-called theological virtues named by Paul in the famous passage about love in 1 Corinthians 13: faith, hope and love.
    • Using the Creed and the Lord's Prayer as his guides, Augustine discusses the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love.
    • John L. Frank said, ‘I remember Ernest once teaching us that the Christian virtue par excellence was not a theological virtue like faith, hope, or charity, nor was it a cardinal virtue like fortitude, temperance, justice, or prudence.’
    • Together, the two verses include all of the theological virtues: hope, faith, and love (charity).
    • Faith, hope, and love are the Church's traditional theological virtues.
    • Hope is a theological virtue; despair is a mortal sin.
    • He argues that faithful interpretation of texts ‘ultimately depends upon the theological virtues of faith, hope and love’.
    • Hope, that great theological virtue, urges us to a different stance, one aware of human sin and shortcoming, but aware also of our capacities for stewardship and decency and our openness to grace.
    • Under the influence of the Judeo-Christian tradition as it enters the heart of the West, intellectual claims are tempered in yet a deeper way when they submit themselves to the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love.
 
 
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