7 Heavenly Virtues: Faith (NOT Long ANY MORE)

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 3529

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Neil Ward <neilward at d...> wrote:
>
> At first, when you mentioned the Seven Heavenly Virtues, I was 
> puzzled. I'd never heard of them either, at least not as a group. 
> Then I started trying to list them: 'Faith, Hope, Charity and... 
> um, Patience is a virtue isn't it and ...aaaargh... Being Kind To 
> Animals?...erm?'.  So, I'm glad you posted the URL of that site...

I'd never heard the term Heavenly Virtues either, but they are a 
combination of the three Cardinal Virtues and the four IIRC 
Theological Virtues.

Faith, Hope, and Charity (also called Love) are the three Cardinal 
Virtues, a fairly normal set of names for girl triplets, and the 
original (in Spanish) names of three streets that are currently in 
the MIDDLE of Downtown Los Angeles but were at the time the western- 
most streets of the pueblo. Esperanza was renamed Hope, no problem, 
and I don't know why Fe was renamed Flower, but Caridad was first 
renamed to Charity, and then changed to Grand Avenue when Anglo 
residents complained about saying they were living on Charity.

> Sins are sins, mild or severe, but virtues are qualities which can
> be good under control and damaging in excess. I'd say faith is only
>  virtue if it's kept in check.

One of the Theological Virtues (or are they called Prudential 
Virtues?) is TEMPERANCE. Unlike the anti-alcohol movement, TEMPERANCE 
doesn't mean asceticism, it means everything in moderation.