Elements of Moral Theology Based on the Summa Theologiae of St. Thomas Aquinas (in English)
Synopsis "Elements of Moral Theology Based on the Summa Theologiae of St. Thomas Aquinas (in English)"
Part I. - Introduction. CHAPTER I. 13 On Beatitude 1. What is man's ultimate end? 2. What is beatitude? 3. On the obtaining of this beatitude. CHAPTER II. 17 On Will 1. What constitutes the voluntary and the involuntary? 2. On the circumstances of human acts. 3. Acts elicited by the will. 1. The end. What is willed in reference to the end. 4. On motives. 5. How is the will moved? 6. On the choice of means for the end. 7. On acts commanded by the will. CHAPTER III. 26 On Good and Evil in Human Acts 1. Whence are they derived? 2. The good and evil of the inward acts of the will. 3. On good and evil in outward human acts. 4. What results from the moral character of human acts? CHAPTER IV. 36 On Good and Evil in the Passions of the Soul 1. General view. 2. Love. 3. Hate. 4. Concupiscence. 5. Pleasure. 6. Pain and sorrow. 7. Anger. CHAPTER V. 43 On Virtues 1. On habits. 2. The essence and subject of virtue. 3. On Intellectual virtues. 4. On moral virtues. 5. On the theological virtues. 6. How arc virtues acquired? 7. On the connection of virtues. CHAPTER VI. 52 On Vices and Sins 1. The nature of vice and sin. 2. Divisions. 3. On the comparative guilt of sins. 4. The subject of sin. 5. The causes of sins. 6. Relations of ignorance to sin. 7. The moral relations of sense- appetite to sin. 8. Sins of malice, i.e., of deliberate wickedness. 9. External causes of sin. 10. The effects of sin. 11. Venial and mortal sins. CHAPTER VII. 74 On Law 1. What is law? 2. Eternal law. 3. The law of nature. 4. Human law. 5. Divine law. 6. The Evangelical law. Part II. - The Theological Virtues. CHAPTER I. 91 Faith and its Opposite Vices 1. Faith. 2. The inward act of faith. 3. The outward act of faith. 4. The virtue of faith. 5. Infidelity, heresy, apostasy, and blasphemy. CHAPTER II. 103 Hope and its Opposite Vices 1. Hope. 2. Vices opposed to hope: despair and presumption. CHAPTER III. 108 Charity 1. Charity in general view. 2. Charity in subjective view. 3. The object of charity. 4. The order of charity. 5. Love. 6. Joy. 7. Peace. 8. Mercy and pity (misericordia). 9. Beneficence. 10. Alms-giving. 11. Fraternal correction. 12. The precepts of charity. CHAPTER IV. 135 Vices Opposed to Charity 1. Hatred. 2. Spiritual sloth ("acedia"). 3. Envy. 4. Discord and strife. 5. Schism. 6. Wars, quarrels, and seditions. 7. Scandal. Part III. - The Cardinal Virtues. CHAPTER I. 147 Prudence and its Opposite Vices 1. Prudence. 2. Vices opposed to prudence. CHAPTER II. 153 Justice and Injustice 1. Right. 2. Justice. 3. Injustice. 4. Judgment. 5. Commutative and distributive justice; estitution. CHAPTER III. 165 Vices Opposed to Justice 1. Respect of persons. 2. Homicide. 3. Theft and robbery. 4. Injustice in legal proceedings. 5. Injurious words. 6. Frauds in trade. 7. Sins of Omission. CHAPTER IV. 180 Religion and Vices Opposed to it 1. Introduction. 2. Religion. 3. Devotion and prayer. 4. Outward acts of Divine worship: Adoration, sacrifices, and oblations. 5. On Vows. 6. On oaths. 7. Superstition. 8. Irreligion; viz., Tempting God, perjury, sacrilege, and simony. CHAPTER V. 200 Duties towards Others, Depending on Justice, and their Opposite Vices 1. Piety, reverence, and honour. 2. Obedience and disobedience. 3. Gratitude, ingratitude, and vengeance. 4. Veracity and vices opposed to it. 5. Affability and liberality, with their opposite vices. 6. Equity ("epicheia") 7. The precepts of justice: the Ten Commandments. CHAPTER VI. 221 Courage and Fortitude: Their Allied Virtues, and Their Opposite Vices AND MORE!!!
