Editing Hope (section)

=== Christianity ===
{{main article|Hope (virtue)}}
[[File:Lourdes collecting water 1.jpg|thumbnail|People collecting the ''[[Lourdes water|miraculous water]]'' in [[Lourdes]], [[France]]]]

Hope is one of the [[three theological virtues]] of the Christian religion,<ref>"hope"  A Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Edited by Elizabeth Knowles. Oxford University Press, 2006. Oxford University Press.</ref> alongside [[faith (virtue)|faith]] and [[charity (virtue)|love]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bible-library.com/hope |title=Meaning of : Hope; Bible Definition |publisher=Bible-library.com |access-date=2012-10-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402102757/http://bible-library.com/hope |archive-date=April 2, 2012 }}</ref> "Hope" in the [[Holy]] [[Bible]] means "a strong and confident expectation" of future reward (see Titus 1:2). In modern terms, hope is akin to trust and a confident expectation".<ref name="bible1">{{cite web|url=http://bible.org/article/hope |title=Hope &#124; Bible.org – Worlds Largest Bible Study Site |publisher=Bible.org |access-date=2012-10-02}}</ref> [[Paul the Apostle]] argued that Christ was a source of hope for Christians: "For in this hope we have been saved"<ref name="bible1"/> (see Romans 8:24).

According to the ''Holman Bible Dictionary'', hope is a "trustful expectation...the anticipation of a favorable outcome under God's guidance."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studylight.org/dic/hbd/view.cgi?number=T2841 |title=HOPE – Holman Bible Dictionary on |publisher=Studylight.org |access-date=2012-10-02}}</ref> In ''[[The Pilgrim's Progress]]'', it is [[Pilgrim's Progress#Characters|Hopeful]] who comforts Christian in Doubting Castle; while conversely at the entrance to [[Inferno (Dante)|Dante's Hell]] were the words, "Lay down all hope, you that go in by me".<ref>Dante, ''Hell'' (1975) p. 85</ref>