Charity, Theological Virtue of

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• 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

• 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

• 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 Date: 1526 one of the three spiritual graces faith, hope, and charity drawing the soul to God according to scholastic theology …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• theological virtue — theolog′ical vir′tue n. pho any of the three graces, faith, hope, or charity, infused into the soul by a special grace of God • Etymology: 1520–30 …   From formal English to slang

• Virtue — • According to its etymology the word virtue (Latin virtus) signifies manliness or courage Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Virtue     Virtue      …   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

• Charity (virtue) — This article is about the theological term of Christianity. For other uses, see Charity (disambiguation). Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck In Christian theology charity, or love (agapē),… …   Wikipedia

• Theological virtues — Part of a series on St. Thomas Aquinas …   Wikipedia