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Cardinal Virtues

Four hinges on which the moral life turns

The cardinal virtues are the four foundational moral virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. Christian writers such as Ambrose and Augustine adopted them from Greek philosophy and set them within a Christian vision of the moral life. As 'hinges' on which good character turns, they came to anchor much of the Church's ethical teaching, later joined to the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love.

How it traveled

  1. Titus
    Ephesus · 67
    applies
  2. The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    explains
  3. The Letters
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
    explains
  4. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen
    Nazianzus · 390
    explains
  5. On the Duties of the Clergy
    Milan · 397
    explains
  6. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  7. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  8. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  9. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  10. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  11. The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  12. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  13. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  14. Homilies on Second Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  15. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  16. The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  17. Treatise Concerning the Christian Priesthood
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  18. A Treatise to Prove that No One Can Harm the Man Who Does Not Injure Himself
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  19. The Letters of St. Jerome
    Bethlehem · 420
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  20. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  21. On the Morals of the Catholic Church
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  22. Letters of St. Augustin
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  23. On Christian Doctrine
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  24. On the Good of Marriage
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  25. The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults
    Marseille · 435
    explains
  26. The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 450
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  27. The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret
    Cyrrhus · 458
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  28. The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great
    Rome · 461
    explains
  29. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
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  30. Selected Epistles of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
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  31. Treatise on Man (qq[75]-102)
    Paris · 1274
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  32. Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)
    Paris · 1274
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  33. Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90)
    Paris · 1274
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  34. Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel
    Geneva · 1564
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  35. Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It
    Geneva · 1564
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  36. A Dissertation on the Nature of True Virtue
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  37. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  38. Seventeen Occasional Sermons
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  39. Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  40. a careful and strict inquiry into the prevailing notions of the freedom of will
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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