These features of gracious forbearance regard its ends. Others regard its act or object. In fact, Christians will say that gracious forbearance is distinguished from both the forbearance that abides in ordinary friendships and the tolerance we have considered all along by the distinct formality of its object. Thomas writes: “Now the object of every virtue is a good considered as in that virtue” proper matter59 [consideratum in materia propria) {ST I-II.63.4). Taking our lead from this remark, we have said that both naturally acquired tolerance and forbearance have the same object considered materially, both regard the same act in its natural species, the patient endurance of some objectionable difference.