Christian Hope

Alvin N. Rogness

Article Type: Perspective

Publication Date: 1/1/1984

Issue: 1984 (Vol. 4, No 1, Winter, 1984)

In one of his essays G. K. Chesterton calls temperance and justice the pagan virtues, and he calls faith, hope, and love the Christian virtues. Then he goes on to say that love is nothing if it does not pardon the unpardonable; faith is nothing if it does not believe the incredible; and hope is nothing if it does not hope when everything looks hopeless.

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