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Encyclopedia > Theological virtues

The three Theological Virtues listed in the Bible are: The Gutenberg Bible owned by the United States Library of Congress The Bible (Hebrew: תנ״ך tanakh, Greek: η Βίβλος hē biblos, the book) (sometimes The Holy Bible, The Book, Work of God, The Word of God, The Word, The Good Book, Scripture, or The Scriptures), is the name used by Jews and Christians...


They occur in the Bible at 1 Corinthians 13:13: Faith in Christianity centers on faith in the existence of God, who created the universe. ... This page contains religious views on topic of love. ... Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck // Etymology In the 1400, charity meant the state of love or simple affection which one was in or out of regarding ones fellows; an occasion or body of people seeking to embody that state; the...

"And now abideth faith, hope, and love, even these three: but the chiefest of these is love". (Geneva Bible, 1560).

The English word love for the third and greatest of the virtues, ἀγάπη (agapē), was used by all of the English translators of the Bible in the 16th Century, including Tyndale (1534), the Bishops' Bible (1568) and the Geneva Bible (1560). It is also used by almost all current translations of the Bible, including the New King James Version, the New American Standard Bible, and the New International Version. The Geneva Bible was a Protestant translation of the Bible into English. ... AgapÄ“ (in Greek written αγάπη; pronounced /aga̍pe/ or /a̍gape/) is the Greek word for divine, unconditional, self-sacrificing, actional, volitional, thoughtful love. ... William Tyndale (sometimes spelled Tindale) (ca. ... The Bishops Bible was an English translation of the Holy Bible produced under the authority of the established Church of England in 1568. ... The Geneva Bible was a Protestant translation of the Bible into English. ... The New King James Version (NKJV) is a modern Bible translation, published by Thomas Nelson, Inc. ... The New American Standard Bible (NASB) an English translation of the Holy Bible. ... The New International Version (NIV) is an English translation of the Christian Bible which is the most popular of the modern translations of the Bible made in the twentieth century. ...


The King James Version (1611) and the Challoner Douay Rheims Bible (1752) prefer the more theological term Charity for the same idea of specifically Christian love. This page is about the version of the Bible; for the Harvey Danger album, see King James Version (album). ... The Douai Bible, also known as the Rheims-Douai Bible or Douay-Rheims Bible, is a Catholic translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English. ... Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck // Etymology In the 1400, charity meant the state of love or simple affection which one was in or out of regarding ones fellows; an occasion or body of people seeking to embody that state; the... This page contains religious views on topic of love. ...


In Catholic theology, it is held that these virtues differ from the cardinal virtues in that they can not be obtained by human effort. A person can only receive them by their being "infused" — through Divine grace — into the person. In the Christian church, there are four cardinal virtues. ... In Christianity, divine grace refers to the sovereign favor of God for humankind, as manifest in the blessings bestowed upon all —irrespective of actions (deeds), earned worth, or proven goodness. ...


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Catholic Culture : Document Library : The Meaning of Virtue in St. Thomas Aquinas (3270 words)
They are the virtues, theological and moral, according to their respective purposes; not unlike the native abilities through which mind and will come into contact with us.
Theological virtues supply for the mind and will what neither faculty has of itself, the salutary knowledge, desire and love of God and of His will, without which there could be no supernatural order, which means voluntary choice of suitable means to reach the heavenly goal to which we are elevated.
Besides the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity, St. Thomas teaches that a person in divine friendship receives an infusion of the moral virtues whose immediate object is not God Himself but the practice of human actions conducive to man's final end.
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