Tag: CARITAS

AFTER CARLO CIGNANI (ITALY, 1628-1719) ITALIAN SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY. CARITAS Oil on canvas 116x139cm Private collection In Christian theology charity, Latin caritas, is understood by Thomas Aquinas as “the friendship of man for God”, which “unites us to God”. He holds it as “the most excellent of the virtues”. Further, Aquinas holds that “the…