Posts Tagged ‘Virtue’
Why Virtue?
Why virtue? Now that we have a working definition of virtue as a good habit, a habit being a stable disposition to act in a certain way, why is virtue so important in the moral life? After all, ideas about virtue and character may seem rather outdated. When was the last time you heard voices…
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What is Virtue? We all pursue some excellence, whether bodily, intellectual, or moral. Or, if we succumb to the complacency and lethargy so characteristic of our age, we at least recognize these excellences in others. Consider the professional baseball player. One who has achieved excellence in baseball hits the ball well, runs quickly and efficiently,…
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A book endorsed by Pope Leo XIII The War of the Antichrist with the Church and Christian Civilization by Monsignor George F. Dillon, DD Catholics have always known that Satan wages a constant war against the Church. But the past three centuries have witnessed a far more radical onslaught than ever before, leading to a…
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Angelic Virtues and Demonic Vices: Aquinas’s Practical Principles for Reaching Heaven and Avoiding Hell Are we truly striving for heaven or merely avoiding hell? The human heart’s greatest longing is to see God as He is. And yet, many people simply want to escape hell’s pain, or even worse, they follow our disordered fallen nature…
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This article was originally published by The Alcuin Institute for Catholic Culture “Where did that thought come from?” Have you ever experienced an intrusive thought, seemingly out of nowhere, and embarrassingly realized how evil it was? Or, after clenching your fists and grinding your teeth for five minutes, have you realized you had been internally…
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