| Term | Definition |
|---|
| grace | a share in gods own life |
| sanctifying grace | the special grace of god dwelling within us |
| spiritual grace | a friendship with god |
| theological virtues | powers given by god and centered on god |
| faith | the power to trust god completely and accept as true all that god has revealed and teaches through the church |
| hope | the virtue of trusting that god will give you eternal life and all the help necessary along the way |
| despair | to believe god cant or won't help and so to give up even trying to be saved |
| presumption | to expect god automatically to give all you hope for even though you do not cooperate with god's grace or make any effort to live a christian life |
| charity | virtue that empowers us to love god and to give god first place in our lives |
| moral virtues | have to do with conduct |
| cardinal virtues | the four main hinge virtues that direct right living |
| prudence | the moral virtue that empowers you to decide what is good |
| justice | the moral virtue that empowers you to respect the rights of others and to give them their due |
| fortitude | the moral virtue that gives you courage to do what is right |
| temperance | the moral virtue that empowers you to control your desire for pleasure |
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