Whether hope is a theological virtue?

❌ Objection 1 : It would seem that hope is not a theological virtue. For a theological virtue is one that has God for its object. Now hope has for its object not only God but also other goods which we hope to obtain from God. Therefore hope is not a theological virtue.

❌ Objection 2 : Further, a theological virtue is not a mean between two vices, as stated above (FS, Question [64], Article [4]). But hope is a mean between presumption and despair. Therefore hope is not a theological virtue.

❌ Objection 3 : Further, expectation belongs to longanimity which is a species of fortitude. Since, then, hope is a kind of expectation, it seems that hope is not a theological, but a moral virtue.

❌ Objection 4 : Further, the object of hope is something arduous. But it belongs to magnanimity, which is a moral virtue, to tend to the arduous. Therefore hope is a moral, and not a theological virtue.