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The medieval Catholic philosopher Thomas Aquinas explained that these virtues are called theological virtues "first, because their object is God, inasmuch as they direct us aright to God: secondly, because they are infused in us by God alone: thirdly, because these virtues are not made known to us, save by Divine revelation, contained in Holy ...
Virtues; intellectual and moral virtues (qq. 55–60) Virtues; cardinal and theological virtues (qq. 61–67) The gifts, beatitudes and blessings of the Holy Ghost (qq. 68–70) Treatise on vice and sin (qq. 71–89) [vii] Vice and sin in themselves; the comparison of sins (qq. 71–74) The general causes of sin; the internal causes of sin (qq ...
The chariot is generally understood to represent the holy church, with the women on right and left representing the theological and cardinal virtues respectively. [16] The exact meaning of the allegorical women's role, behaviour, interrelation, and color-coding remains a matter of literary interpretation.
Thomas Aquinas discusses the virtue of Religion in Summa Theologica. [2]: q81 Since order is an aspect of good, and Religion orders man's relationship to God, Aquinas finds it a distinct virtue whose purpose is to render God the worship due to Him as the source of all being. He views the virtue of Religion as indispensable for attaining the end ...
Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck, (ca. 1627-1628). In Christian theology, charity (Latin: caritas) is considered one of the seven virtues and was understood by Thomas Aquinas as "the friendship of man for God", which "unites us to God".
In Aristotle's wake, [1] Thomas Aquinas developed a theory of proportional reciprocity, whereby the just man renders to each and all that is due to them in due proportion: what it is their moral and legal rights to do, possess, or exact. [7] Justice toward God is called the "virtue of religion". [6]
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.
Thomas Aquinas OP (/ ə ˈ k w aɪ n ə s / ⓘ ə-KWY-nəs; Italian: Tommaso d'Aquino, lit. 'Thomas of Aquino'; c. 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian [6] Dominican friar and priest, the foremost Scholastic thinker, [7] as well as one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the Western tradition. [8]