page_title: Hope (virtue)
hierarchical_section_title: Hope (virtue)
caption_attribution_description: allegorical, pre-raphaelite painting showing Hope as a woman or very young man holding a lamp, entering the dungeon where Despair is shown as another human figure bowed down with grief. Hope's saint-like halo suggests the comfort brought by religious faith.
context_page_description: Hope is one of the three theological virtues in Christian tradition. Hope being a combination of the desire for something and expectation of receiving it, the virtue is hoping for Divine union and so eternal happiness. While faith is a function of the intellect, hope is an act of the will.
context_section_description: Hope (lat. spes) is one of the three theological virtues in Christian tradition.  Hope being a combination of the desire for something and expectation of receiving it, the virtue is hoping for Divine union and so eternal happiness. While faith is a function of the intellect, hope is an act of the will.
caption: Allegorical personification of Hope: Hope in a Prison of Despair, 1887, by Evelyn De Morgan
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