Lewis defined four virtues common to all people and reserved three as unique to the Christian: Faith, Hope, and Charity. How does Lewis define these...

In
Mere Christianity, Lewis says there are four cardinal virtuesthese are ideas
that have been identified and regarded by everyone regardless of religion or time. They are
common to all people, in all places, in all times. The three Christian virtues are Faith, Hope,
and Charity. These three theological virtues are not common to all people, places, or times
but instead are fairly particular to Christianity and Christian society.

Lewis says that

Charity means "Love, in the
Christian sense." But love, in the Christian sense, does not mean an emotion. It is a state
not of the feelings but of the will; that state of the will which we have naturally about
ourselves, and must learn to have about other people.

The charity that Lewis discusses is that same charity that is translated into love in most
modern versions of the Bible. It is not a feeling, but instead a choice that people make. The
choice is to put the needs of others above your own, to sacrifice and serve, to make
a...