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In Christian tradition, the seven heavenly virtues combine the four cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude with the three theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity. The seven capital virtues, also known as seven lively virtues, contrary or remedial virtues, are those opposite the seven deadly sins.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that faith, hope, and love (charity) "dispose Christians to live in a relationship with the Holy Trinity. They have God for their origin, their motive, and their object – God known by faith, hoped in, and loved for His own sake." [9]
Allegorical personification of Hope: Hope in a Prison of Despair, 1887, by Evelyn De Morgan. Hope (Latin: spes) is one of the three theological virtues in the Christian tradition. Hope is a combination of the desire for something and expectation of receiving it. The Christian virtue is hoping specifically for Divine union and so eternal happiness.
Her 14-page essay of 1958, "The Necessity of Not Believing", concludes: "There is no reason to be sad, as some people are sad when they feel religion slipping off from them. There is no reason to be sad, it is a good thing." The essay was unveiled at a meeting of the Cambridge Humanist Society. [7] Smith died of a brain tumour on 7 March 1971. [2]
"O you who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy. Vie in such perseverance, strengthen each other, and be pious, that you may prosper." (3:200) "And be steadfast in patience, for verily Allah will not suffer the reward of the righteous to perish." (11:115) "Be patient, for your patience is with the help of Allah." (16:127)
9. "God, thank you for grandparents who always have money for ice cream and a minute for a funny story." 10. "Dear Lord, please give our grandparents the patience of saints—especially when we ...
The author (left) with her "I Voted" sticker on Nov. 5, 2024, and Donald Trump (right), who will begin his second White House term in January.
The Crucifix, a cross with corpus, a symbol used in the Catholic Church, Lutheranism, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Anglicanism, in contrast with some other Protestant denominations, Church of the East, and Armenian Apostolic Church, which use only a bare cross Early use of a globus cruciger on a solidus minted by Leontios (r. 695–698); on the obverse, a stepped cross in the shape of an ...