Chapter — Marc, Institutiones Morales
Chapter III: On the Acquisition and Loss of Virtues
¶1.
St. Alphonsus, Vera Sposa, I, c. IV; Contenson, Theol. mentis et cord. (ed. Vives), II, p. 453 seq.; Alvarez de Paz, II vol., de Adept. virt., l. 3, p. 593; Dosda, Union a Dieu, I vol., p. 405.
¶2.
Since man is a mutable being, he can both fall back and advance; indeed he never remains in the same state (Job 14:2). Hence it comes about that virtues, in this life, can be acquired or not acquired, increased or diminished, lost or preserved.