The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.
Obedience is the fruit of faith.
Obedience is a strong virtue, capable of making me master of my emotions by giving me more strength to conquer my pride as I submit to those above me out of respect for their God-given authority and those below me out of love.
Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
Virtue is akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness.
Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life.
Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief.
Because contemporary paganism is essentially so new, its underlying ethical structure is not particularly sophisticated.
The pagan loves the earth in order to enjoy it and confine himself within it; the Christian in order to make it purer and draw from it the strength to escape from it.