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Virtue names, such as Iman, can also be found in the Islamic world. Names meant to convey virtues or desirable traits are also used in Nigeria. Examples include the former president Goodluck Jonathan and his wife Patience Jonathan. [6] In the United States in 2011, Faith and Hope was the fourth most common pairing of names for twins.
Plato and Aristotle, Fresco from The School of Athens in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City. Virtuous pagan is a concept in Christian theology that addressed the fate of the unlearned—the issue of nonbelievers who were never evangelized and consequently during their lifetime had no opportunity to recognize Christ, but nevertheless led virtuous lives, so that it seemed objectionable to ...
Dynion Mwyn acknowledges the virtues of different points of view within their religion and encourages an expression of that difference. These are expressed in the twenty three virtues or tenets of Dynion Mwyn as follows: [18] (1) HONOR - This is the first major tenet.
The Six-Fold Goal is yet another list of virtues, given as "Right, Wisdom, Might, Harvest, Frith and Love" by Stephen Flowers (a.k.a. Edred Thorsson) in 1989. [8] The Aesirian Code of Nine is also used by some practitioners of Heathenism, consisting of "honor, knowledge, protect, flourish, change, fairness, conflict, balance and control."
Apart from Veturia, mother of Coriolanus, who tried to save Rome from defeat by her son, the other pagan two were examples of chastity, responsible for no heroic acts except their defence of their own virtue. In contrast, two of the Jewish women, Judith and Jael, are known for their personal assassination of leaders opposed to Israel.
Aoric, Gothic pagan; Arbogast (died 394), Frankish general who tried to revive paganism in the Roman Empire; Ariaric, Gothic pagan; Arwald (died 686), last pagan ruler of the Isle of Wight, or any Anglo-Saxon kingdom; Atharid, Gothic pagan; Audofleda, pagan Gothic queen until her marriage
For these four virtues (would that all felt their influence in their minds as they have their names in their mouths!), I should have no hesitation in defining them: that temperance is love giving itself entirely to that which is loved; fortitude is love readily bearing all things for the sake of the loved object; justice is love serving only ...
Pietas, goddess of duty; personification of the Roman virtue pietas. Pilumnus, minor guardian god, concerned with the protection of infants at birth. Pluto, Greek Plouton, a name for the ruler of the dead popularized through the mystery religions and Greek philosophy, sometimes used in Latin literature and identified with Dis pater or Orcus.