| 1837 Fortitude ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good. |
| 1838 Temperance moderates the attraction of the pleasures of the senses and provides balance in the use of created goods. |
| 1839 The moral virtues grow through education, deliberate acts, and perseverance in struggle. Divine grace purifies and elevates them. |
| 1840 The theological virtues dispose Christians to live in a relationship with the Holy Trinity. They have God for their origin, their motive, and their object - God known by faith, God hoped in and loved for his own sake. |
| 1841 There are three theological virtues: faith, hope, and charity. They inform all the moral virtues and give life to them. |