Posted on 03/11/2008 3:41:39 PM PDT by Salvation
Highlighting mine.
Cardinal virtues:
prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude
Theological virtues
faith, hope and charity.
Thus — the Seven Heavenly Virtues!
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The Virtues (counteracting the REAL Seven Deadly Sins)
Media Falsely Portrays (Catholic) Bishop’s Opinion in Interview as ‘New’ Sins
The New Forms of Social Sin (Finally, An English Translation of the Bishop Girotti Interview)
What are Capital Sins? [Seven Deadly Sins]
[Catholic Caucus] The Forum: Not "new sins" but an old media blind spot
Not "new sins" but an old media blind spot (Vatican _DOES_NOT_ Announce Seven New Deadly Sins)
Vatican Lists "New Sins," Including Pollution (Catholic Caucus)
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I’m afraid virtue was behind the delivery room door when I was born. ;) I fight for it every day. Thanks for the ping!
I think the first line of the second paragraph has us all pegged!
**Think of those cases in which you really had to struggle in your conscience to figure out exactly the right thing to do.**
“We unite ourselves to Him, in so far as this is possible, by participating in the godlike virtues and by entering into communion with Him through prayer and praise. Because the virtues are similitudes of God, to participate in them puts us in a fit state to receive the Deity, yet it does not actually unite us to Him. But prayer through its sacral and hieratic power actualizes our ascent to and union with the Deity, for it is a bond between noetic creatures and their Creator.” +Gregory Palamas
The bad news is that you have to practice — grace does not cancel nature, but presupposes it. A person’s vices do not nicely fall away like scales when that person receives the grace of Christ.
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So true!
Good piece. Thanks for the flag.
Fortitude, a most noble virtue to aim for.
I am glad we are talking about this topic because it is of great interest to me. I only wish I could say I was more free of the vices
Thanks for pinging me to this prayer.
Wow. Lots to think of, there.
“Wow. Lots to think of, there.”
I understand that +BXVI will be discussing +Gregory Palamas at one of his Wednesday catechesises after Pascha.
Wow! So the difference between the virtue driven Catholic and the virtue driven Muslim is what? They are both headed in the same direction, no?
How about having a GOSPEL centered life instead. Virtuousness can be practiced by the infidel, and leads to the same place where they are going, without Christ. Only the Gospel leads one to Jesus, and He is the only hope of salvation. (But I am sure that is taught by the Catholic Church, right?)
I think you will find all the virtues in the Gospels. I have no problems with them.
You have got to be kidding that Christ did not talk about these subjects:
Faith, hope, charity (love)
prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude
Perhaps you won’t find those exact words, but Christ talks about them.
Check the Sermon of the Mount for some of them.
I agree that the virtues are admirable traits. They are a blessing to all that practice them, regenerate or not.
But the question was: what is the difference between the virtuous Catholic and the virtuous Muslim? Do you suggest that they are headed in the same direction? Are both working to gain the same end, much like Mother Teresa suggested when she said she was working to make Muslims better Muslims, Hindus better Hindus...?
Dear Salvation,
Thank you for the ping...just getting to it. I especially enjoyed the article explaining the capital sins....truly they are at the root of everything! Sometimes these slip in unnoticed and grow. A reminder that these temptations are there and calling these tools of the adversary by name, along with an explanation, can be nothing but helpful.
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