Is this also the The Virtue of Hope?

[Buddy1]

Is the act of trust apart from any object a virtue?

What I mean is, instead of saying “the virtue of Hope” would it be the exact same virtue if one where to call it “the virtue of trust” ?

 

[edward_george1]

The Biblical scholar in me says no, since the word we render in English as “faith” is just the Greek word for “trust,” pistis. So according to a strict linguistic sense, the two are not the same.

But I suppose in a general sense we can speak of hope as a virtue which deals with trust, since in order to hope, we must trust that God’s promises will be fulfilled. There’s a strong interplay between faith and hope as theological virtues.

-Fr ACEGC

 

[po18guy]

Read Romans 8:18-30 on hope. Also, here is the definition from the Catholic Dictionary:

HOPE, VIRTUE OF. An infused theological virtue, received at baptism together with sanctifying grace and having the possession of God as its primary object. It belongs to the will and makes a person desire eternal life, which is the heavenly vision of God, and gives one the confidence of receiving the grace necessary to reach heaven. The grounds of hope are the omnipotence of God, his goodness, and his fidelity to what he promised. The virtue of hope is necessary for salvation. Acts of hope are also necessary for salvation and are commanded by God for all who have come to the use of reason.