How many Cardinal Virtues are there?
Cardinal virtues 4 Maccabees 1:18–19 relates: “Now the kinds of wisdom are right judgment, justice, courage, and self-control. Right judgment is supreme over all of these since by means of it reason rules over the emotions.” Catholic moral philosophy drew from all of these sources when developing its thought on the virtues. Ambrose (AD 330s–397) was the first to use the expression “cardinal virtues.” “And we know that there are four cardinal virtues temperance, justice, prudence, fortitude.” ("Commentary on Luke", V, 62) Augustine of Hippo, discussing the morals of the church, described them: The "cardinal" virtues are not the same as the
Cardinal virtues Keenan in their "Paul and Virtue Ethics" (2010) argue for seven "new virtues" to replace the classical cardinal virtues in complementing the three theological virtues, listed as "be humble, be hospitable, be merciful, be faithful, reconcile, be vigilant, and be reliable," although they don't explain why it has to be an either/or matter of replacing the cardinal virtues rather than supplementing them. The Cardinal Virtues are often depicted as female allegorical figures and were a popular subject for funerary sculpture. The attributes and names of these figures may vary according to local tradition. In many churches and artwork the Cardinal