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Virtues as helps on the road to moral maturity/well formed conscience:

Virtues as helps on the road to moral maturity/well formed conscience:. Theological and Cardinal. Theological Virtues. Faith Hope Love. Theological Virtues. Faith Trust in others Trustworthy and loyal in return. Theological Virtues. Christian Faith

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Virtues as helps on the road to moral maturity/well formed conscience:

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  1. Virtues as helps on the road to moral maturity/well formed conscience: Theological and Cardinal

  2. Theological Virtues • Faith • Hope • Love

  3. Theological Virtues • Faith • Trust in others • Trustworthy and loyal in return

  4. Theological Virtues • Christian Faith • Enables us to trust in God’s power to bestow new life • faith in history • faith now

  5. Theological Virtues • Hope • Future is open • Change is possible • We can make a difference • Inspiration!

  6. Theological Virtues • Christian Hope - take responsibility for the future in the expectation that God’s Reign will surely come • What is the essence of Christian hope?

  7. Theological Virtues • Love • Caring for one another • Sacrificing for one another • Rejoicing in each other’s companionship

  8. Theological Virtues • Christian Love – lived faith and hope; intimate participation in God’s life – God is love So, faith, hope and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:1-7,13

  9. Cardinal Virtues • Fundamental • Hinges on which other virtues develop • Can be developed through practice

  10. Cardinal Virtues • Prudence/Wisdom • Fortitude/Courage • Justice • Temperance/Restraint

  11. Cardinal Virtues • Prudence/Wisdom • ability to figure out what is right • Attentive to basic moral principles • Do good, avoid evil • Golden Rule • The end does not justify the means • Principle of proportionality

  12. Cardinal Virtues • Fortitude/Courage • Ability to do what is right

  13. Cardinal Virtues • Justice • Striving to ensure well-being of self and others

  14. Cardinal Virtues • Temperance/Restraint • Balancing of all parts of self to create harmonious order • Balancing short-term choices with long-term results

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