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What is the highest/best virtue?
- Thread starter Hope
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Scott1
Well-Known Member
From a pastoral principle stated by the Roman Catechism:
The whole concern of doctrine and its teaching must be directed to the love that never ends. Whether something is proposed for belief, for hope or for action, the love of our Lord must always be made accessible, so that anyone can see that all the works of perfect Christian virtue spring from love and have no other objective than to arrive at love.
The whole concern of doctrine and its teaching must be directed to the love that never ends. Whether something is proposed for belief, for hope or for action, the love of our Lord must always be made accessible, so that anyone can see that all the works of perfect Christian virtue spring from love and have no other objective than to arrive at love.
DontFearMe
Member
I think that one virtue must be balanced by others. To love is not enough, it should be coupled with justice and other things. Love is a very general idea applied to many aspects of life. However, if one were not to choose any religion or ideology to follow I would say that the best thing every human being should do is to simply follow the golden rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Truly simple
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
Simple: compassion
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
Respect is a good one, and understanding too. But I don't have to understand or respect someone to have compassion for them.
Love is the highest virtue. In Jesus' last few hours before his death he encouraged his apostles of the need to love one another (John 13.34, 35; 15:12, 13, 17). Years later, Peter, shortly before Jerasulem's destruction emphasized the importance of love by telling the congregation, "...above all things have intense love for one another". The Bible talks of "agape" love. This kind of love requires stretching our heart and extending love even when it may be challenging to do so. It's the kind of love that we have to work at, that we need to cultivate the right heart to obtain. Love is definitely the highest virtue.
I personally believe that the most important virtue is tolerance. Even if you don't love, have no compassion, but are tolerant of others....you will die off without affecting anyone else. We need to concentrate not so much on ourselves so much as on others. If we do this, we will improve automatically.
