The Virtuous Life: Thomas Aquinas on the Theological Nature of Moral Virtues

By H Goris

This book is devoted to the so-called moral virtues, especially thosemoral virtues of which Christian tradition upholds that they are givenby God to the faithful. For instance patience, humility and justice.There are not only different interpretations of these infused moralvirtues, but it also is not unambiguous in the theology of Aquinas howthese virtues are related to the virtues human beings acquire on theirown accord. What is the relationship with Scripture, how do thesevirtues colour the imitation of Christ, and what do these virtues tellabout the moral life of non-Christians?

The papers contained in this volume address this theme, and wereoriginally presented at the fifth international conference of theThomas Instituut te Utrecht(Tilburg University), at Utrecht inDecember 2015.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042934719
• ISBN13: 9789042934719
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"