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1812 The human virtues are rooted in the theological virtues, which adapt man's faculties for participation in the divine nature: ⁷⁶ for the theological virtues relate directly to God. They dispose Christians to live in a relationship with the Holy Trinity. They have the One and Triune God for their origin, motive, and object.

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PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST

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SECTION ONE: MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT

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CHAPTER ONE: THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

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ARTICLE 7: THE VIRTUES

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76 Cf. 2 Pet 1:4.

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