Virtue

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Virtue
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• Virtue- is a good habit that helps us to act
  according to Gods love for us.
• Vice- is a bad habit.
• Two types of virtue
• Theological Virtues- are gifts from God that
  helps bring us closer to him, and help us to want
  to be with him forever.
• a. Three theological virtues are faith, hope,
  and love.

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• 2. Cardinal Virtues- guide our minds and actions
  to live a good life.
• Four cardinal virtues are prudence, justice,
  fortitude, and temperance.
• Theological Virtues
• Faith
• enable us to believe in God.
• helps us to believe and accept all that God has
  said and done.
• helps us to believe that God is with us and
  acting in our lives.

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b. Hope

• enables us to trust in Jesus and in Gods promise
  to love us always.
• helps us to work to spread the kingdom of God
  here on earth, and to look forward to the kingdom
  in heaven.
• c. Love
• the greatest of all the virtues.
• enables us to love God and our neighbors.

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Cardinal Virtues

• Prudence
• helps us make judgments and direct our actions
  toward what is good.
• b. Justice
• helps us to give God and our neighbors what is
  rightfully theirs.
• c. Fortitude
• helps us to act bravely in the face of troubles
  and fears.
• d. Temperance
• Helps us to keep our desire under control and
  balance our use of material goods.