What Does “Theological virtues” Mean in the Bible?
Faith, hope and charity. They are gifts from God that unite us to him.
It can mean
- Faith: believing in God and in all that he has told us.
- Hope: longing for heaven and trusting in the promises of Christ.
- Charity: loving God above all things, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God.
Today
They are received at Baptism. Saint Paul says that the greatest of them is charity.
Where it appears in the Bible
1 Corinthians 13:13
What the Bible says
1 Corinthians 13:13
And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catechism 1813, 1814, 1817, 1822 and 1266