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The term "cardinal virtues" (virtutes cardinales) was first used by the 4th-century theologian Ambrose, [1] who defined the four virtues as "temperance, justice, prudence, and fortitude". [2] These were also named as cardinal virtues by Augustine of Hippo, and were subsequently adopted by the Catholic Church.
In the Catholic Church, Servant of God is the style used for a person who has been posthumously declared "heroic in virtue" during the investigation and process leading to canonisation as a saint. [1] The term is used in the first of the four steps in the canonization process.
In the Catholic Church, Venerable is the title used for a person who has been posthumously declared "heroic in virtue" during the investigation and process leading to beatification. The following is an incomplete list of people declared to be venerable. The list is in alphabetical order by Christian name but, if necessary, by surname or the ...
Priest and Founder, Fraternity of Jesus the Savior; Founder, Missionary Institute of the Servant Sisters of Jesus the Savior [61] [62] Laureana Franco: 4 July 1936 7 October 2011 Philippines: Pasig: Heroic Virtues Layperson; Member, Legion of Mary [63] [64] José Luis Gago del Val: 4 July 1934 22 December 2012 Spain: Valladolid: Heroic Virtues
Catholic moral theology is a major category of doctrine in the Catholic Church, equivalent to a religious ethics. Moral theology encompasses Catholic social teaching, Catholic medical ethics, sexual ethics, and various doctrines on individual moral virtue and moral theory. It can be distinguished as dealing with "how one is to act", in contrast ...
The distinction lies both in their source and end. The moral virtue of temperance recognizes food as a good that sustains life, but guards against the sin of gluttony. The infused virtue of temperance disposes the individual to practice fasting and abstinence. The infused moral virtues are connected to the theological virtue of Charity. [16] [14]
The following list includes not only saints of the Catholic Church and those officially beatified by the Church , but also those considered venerabili, servants of God or candidates for sainthood, who belonged to the Carmelite order. Coat of arms of the Carmelites on the facade of the Convent of San José in Antequera, Spain
Mass — the usual English-language name for the Eucharistic celebration in the Latin liturgical rites of the Catholic Church; Mariology — the theology concerned with the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ; Mediatrix — the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a mediator in the salvation process; Metropolitan archbishop; Military ...