Article — Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis
Article IV: On the Duration of Infused Habits
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St. Thomas, I-II, q. 67; q. 68, a. 6; De Virt., q. 5, a. 4.
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654. Principle. In the blessed there remain infused habits which include no imperfection repugnant to their state. - Hence:
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- Faith and hope do not remain, which include imperfection because they concern what is not seen and what is not possessed; whence, when vision and possession arrive, they are made void.
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- Charity remains because love from its nature includes no imperfection: it can concern what is possessed and what is not possessed, what is seen and what is not seen.
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- Supernatural moral virtues remain as to essence, but they will have other acts conformable to heavenly life, as was said concerning acquired virtues; nevertheless, before the resurrection, the virtues which are concerned with passions will not exist except in root, because they are in the sensitive appetite, which cannot exist without the body.
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- The gifts of the Holy Spirit remain as to essence in the other life because the blessed perfectly follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and are most perfectly subjected to Him; but they will have other acts suitable to heavenly life.
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655. Observation. - In the souls of purgatory, faith and hope also remain because they do not yet see nor possess God. But in the damned no supernatural habit or virtue can exist, because they are no longer destined to supernatural life.