Virtue, Heroic

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• Heroic Virtue — • St. Augustine first applied the pagan title of hero to the Christian martyrs Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Heroic Virtue     Heroic Virtue      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Heroic virtue — is a phrase coined by Augustine of Hippo to describe the virtue of early Christian martyrs. The Greek pagan term hero described a person with possibly superhuman abilities and great goodness, and it connotes a degree of bravery, fame, and… …   Wikipedia

• Heroic Act of Charity — • A decree of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences dated 18 December, 1885, and confirmed the following day by Leo XIII Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Heroic Act of Charity     Heroic Act of Charity …   Catholic encyclopedia

• virtue — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ cardinal, great, important, real ▪ chief, primary ▪ heroic ▪ inherent …   Collocations dictionary

• Heroic verse — Verse Verse, n. [OE. vers, AS. fers, L. versus a line in writing, and, in poetry, a verse, from vertere, versum, to turn, to turn round; akin to E. worth to become: cf. F. vers. See {Worth} to become, and cf. {Advertise}, {Averse}, {Controversy} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• heroic — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ truly, very ▪ a truly heroic battle ▪ almost Heroic is used with these nouns: ↑ …   Collocations 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

• Love (Theological Virtue) —     Love (Theological Virtue)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Love (Theological Virtue)     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 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …   Universalium

• humanism — /hyooh meuh niz euhm/ or, often, /yooh /, n. 1. any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate. 2. devotion to or study of the humanities. 3. (sometimes cap.) the studies, principles, or culture… …   Universalium