THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES (18) Flashcards
is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good
VIRTUE
it allows the person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of himself
VIRTUE
these virtues have God himself as their origin, motive, and direct object
THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES
they bestow on one the capacity to live in a relationship with the trinity
THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES
they are the foundation and the energizing force of the Christian’s moral activity
THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES
they give life to the human virtues
THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES
latin phrase for “so faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (1 cor. 13:13)
TRIA HAEC
the three theological virtues
FAITH
HOPE
CHARITY/LOVE
the theological virtue by which we believe in God and all that he has revealed to us and that the Church proposes for our belief
FAITH
by _____, the human person freely commits himself to God
faith
the believer seeks to know and do the will of God because what
“faith works through charity”
the theological virtue by which we desire and await from God eternal life as our happiness, placing our trust in Christ’s promises and relying on the help of the grace of the Holy Spirit to merit it and to persevere to the end of our earthly life
HOPE
2 ways of hoping
DESIRE
WAITING
is the only source of our deepest desires such as happiness
God
we’ll ____ for the fulfillment of God’s promises to us
wait