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			[[File:St.Michael - Deckenfresco Glaube Hoffnung Liebe 1.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|The Three Theological Virtues of Faith, Hope and Love (1780) by [[WikipediaDE:Johann Georg Unruhe\|Johann Georg Unruhe]] (Parish Church of St. Michael in Untergriesbach).
			Above, Faith with cross, chalice and shining host, next to it elevated the Lamb of God; on the right, Love as a female figure with children and a flaming heart in her right hand, next to it on the right the pelican, as a symbol for the Christ who rips open his chest and sacrifices himself to nourish his young with his own heart's blood; on the left, Hope with anchor and branch.]]
			[[File:Schnorr von Carolsfeld - Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Faith, Love and Hope. Coloured drawing by [[w:Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld\|Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld]].]]

	The three '''Pauline virtues''' or '''theological virtues''' of [[faith]], [[love]] and [[hope]] are first mentioned in [[Paul of Tarsus\|Paul]]'s [[w:First Epistle to the Thessalonians\|First Epistle to the Thessalonians]].		The three '''Pauline virtues''' or '''theological virtues''' of [[faith]], [[love]] and [[hope]] are first mentioned in [[Paul of Tarsus\|Paul]]'s [[w:First Epistle to the Thessalonians\|First Epistle to the Thessalonians]].

	{{Quote\|2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.\|{{B\|1 Thessalonians\|1:2-3}}}}		{{Quote\|2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.\|{{B\|1 Thessalonians\|1:2-3}}}}

	Together with the four [[cardinal virtues]] already mentioned by [[Plato]], they form the [[seven main virtues]] in the [[Christian ~~occidental~~]] cultural sphere, which are set against the corresponding 7 main vices. The best known is their discussion in the [[w:First Epistle to the Corinthians\|First Epistle to the Corinthians]]:		Together with the four [[cardinal virtues]] already mentioned by [[w:Plato\|Plato]], they form the [[seven main virtues]] in the [[Christian]] occidental cultural sphere, which are set against the corresponding 7 main vices. The best known is their discussion in the [[w:First Epistle to the Corinthians\|First Epistle to the Corinthians]]:

	{{Quote\|1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.\|{{B\|1 Corinthians\|13:1-13}}}}		{{Quote\|1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.\|{{B\|1 Corinthians\|13:1-13}}}}

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The three '''Pauline virtues''' or '''theological virtues''' of [[faith]], [[love]] and [[hope]] are first mentioned in [[Paul of Tarsus|Paul]]'s [[w:First Epistle to the Thessalonians|First Epistle to the Thessalonians]].

{{Quote|2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.|{{B|1 Thessalonians|1:2-3}}}}

Together with the four [[cardinal virtues]] already mentioned by [[Plato]], they form the [[seven main virtues]] in the [[Christian occidental]] cultural sphere, which are set against the corresponding 7 main vices. The best known is their discussion in the [[w:First Epistle to the Corinthians|First Epistle to the Corinthians]]:

{{Quote|1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.|{{B|1 Corinthians|13:1-13}}}}

Unlike the [[Ten Commandments]], they are not commandments or prohibitions to act, but refer directly to the central virtues of our bodily [[members]], which must be carefully nurtured. Faith is the highest virtue of the [[astral body]]; the power of love should flow through the [[etheric body]], and hope refers to the [[physical body]] {{GZ||130|172ff}}.

Iconographically, faith is symbolised by a cross or a chalice with a host, love by the heart or a woman with children, and hope by an anchor, a bird or a branch.

== See also ==

* [[Virtue]]
* [[Cardinal virtues]]

== Literature ==
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Das esoterische Christentum und die geistige Führung der Menschheit'', [[GA 130]] (1995), ISBN 3-7274-1300-X {{Lectures|130}}

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