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Therefore love precedes hope, and consequently hope does not cause love.
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Objection 1: It would seem that charity precedes hope.
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Therefore charity, which is love, precedes hope.
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With regard to this, love always precedes hope: for good is never hoped for unless it be desired and loved.
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Therefore love precedes hope.
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Therefore charity precedes hope.
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Objection 1: It would seem that the order of the theological virtues is not that faith precedes hope, and hope charity.
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Whether Faith Precedes Hope, and Hope Charity?
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Whether Charity Precedes Hope?
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2: Further, desire precedes hope.