Hope (virtue)

Thomas Aquinas defined hope as "...a future good, difficult but possible to attain... by means of the Divine Assistance... on Whose help it leans".

Like the theological virtues of faith and charity, hope finds its "origin, motive, and object" in God.

[2] In Hebrews 10:23, Paul the Apostle says, "Let us hold unwaveringly to our confession that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is trustworthy."

Specifically, in the Christian context, this is the hope that God will extend His help to you to "elevate and strengthen [your] will[]" as you strive to "reach eternal felicity."

For God has no desire for what is withered, dead, artificial, and finally discarded: he wants what is fruitful and alive, he wants life in its fullness and he gives us life in its fullness"[5] Hope can thus sustain one through trials of faith, human tragedies, or difficulties that may otherwise seem overwhelming.

Quietism was condemned as heresy by Pope Innocent XI in 1687 in the papal bull Coelestis Pastor.

[9] According to Snyder, psychological hope consists of three fundamental components: goals, pathways, and agency.