This article presents a Thomistic portrait of how the virtues of the Christian life come to their full flowering in the person who is dying in the state of grace. Please note that the article is not only concerned with the infused virtues, … [Read more...]
About Anthony Hernandez
Anthony L. Hernandez is a second-year doctoral student at Ave Maria University, majoring in systematic theology and minoring in biblical theology. His area of focus is the association Aquinas makes between the Passion of Christ, Holy Week, and the New Creation. Anthony has previously written and published for The Aquinas Review, on the intersection of Charles De Koninck's Mariology and moral theology, and for Homiletic & Pastoral Review, on the virtues of the dying. He holds an M.A. in Theology from Ave Maria University (2024) as well as a previous M.A. from the University of Dayton (2022). He is originally from Long Island, New York.
Truth in Dying: The Perfection of the Virtues in a Dying Christian
October 27, 2025 by Anthony Hernandez
Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: death and dying, St. Thomas Aquinas, the virtuous man

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