Can the virtue of Charity exist alone among the theological virtues after this life, just as the virtue of Faith can exist alone on earth?
It is certainly true that the virtue of Faith can exist alone on this earth, namely without Hope and Charity. However, this is a very abnormal situation, given that generally in justification, as in baptism, the three theological virtues are infused at the same time. Furthermore, such faith without hope and charity is very imperfect and very unstable, liable to be lost all together, because it is dead, without the life of sanctifying grace. It is or this reason that the Council of Trent teaches that, faith, unless hope and charity be added to it, neither unites one perfectly with Christ, nor makes him a living member of his body. For this reason it is most truly said that “faith without works is dead” and is of not profit. Dz 800 However, the fact that the theological virtue of charity exists alone in heaven is neither abnormal nor imperfect. It is, to the contrary, a sign of the perfection of the state of the blessed. There is no possibility of the theological virtue of faith, for fai
