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You said:
- What are virtues, per se?
A virtue is a power, a strength, that is habitual. In the scholastic language,
it is a quality of the soul, which means a virtue is of the mind or of the will. A
virtue can be an intellectual virtue, like prudence, or a moral virtue,
a virtue of the will.
A virtue is a particular kind of quality called a
habit. Virtue is a habit of the soul. Moral virtue is a stable disposition
to act in a certain way. It is "a stable and firm disposition to do
good." As for Scripture, the Old Testament usually refers to virtue, which is
a philosophic term, in terms of "walking in the way of the Lord" and
of the inclination of the heart.
You said:
- Can you please give me the list of all virtues?
There are the four cardinal
virtues of:
- prudence
- justice
- fortitude, and
- temperance
There are the theological
virtues of:
- faith
- hope, and
- charity (which God works in us, and which have God for their object)
They inform all the moral
virtues and give life to them.
There are the virtues that are the fruit in our human
nature of the work of the Holy Spirit, as we exercise faith, hope,
and charity in daily life, and these are commonly referred to
as the 12
fruits of the Holy Spirit. We'd recommend most visitors look them
up, but we'll give them to you here:
- charity
- joy
- peace
- patience
- kindness
- goodness
- generosity
- gentleness
- faithfulness
- modesty
- self-control
- chastity
There are also the applications of all of these in concrete circumstances,
so that you have civic virtues and human virtues,
like:
- politeness
- tolerance
- courtesy
- promptitude
- and whatever is good to do in any circumstance, which prudence and
charity help you to know.
"Putting on Christ" sums up what it means to be virtuous.
You said:
- Where
are they in the Bible and how are they related
to the Bible?
Look them up!
If you look up the particular virtues in the Catechism, you will see many
Biblical citations.
If you read the epistles of St. Paul, you will see virtues mentioned often. You could also go to newadvent.org and
look in the Catholic Encyclopedia. Books are written on one virtue alone.
Mary Ann
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