Treatise — Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884)
Treatise On Virtues
- Virtue is a habit of acting honorably, or according to right order.
Virtues are distinguished into various species, namely:
1º Natural or supernatural, according as they are acquired and preserved by natural powers, or by the aid of supernatural grace.
2º Infused or acquired, according as they are poured into the heart by God himself, or acquired by repeated acts of the agent.
3º Theological or moral, according as they immediately regard God, or have for their immediate object the natural uprightness of an action. Hence it is easily deduced that the theological virtues are more perfect than the moral virtues.
There are four cardinal moral virtues, to which the rest are reduced, namely prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. Since discourse concerning the moral virtues occurs in almost the whole of moral theology, here we shall treat specifically of the theological virtues, namely of Faith, Hope, and Charity.
Within this treatise
Chapter I. On Faithnn. 186–210
- Article I. On the Necessity of Faithnn. 187–192
Article II. On the Object of Faithnn. 193–204
Article III. On the Vices Opposed to Faithnn. 205–210
- § I. On Infidelitynn. 205–207
- § II. On Heresynn. 208–210
- Chapter II. On Hopenn. 211–216
Chapter III. On Charitynn. 217–256
- Article I. On the Love of Godnn. 218–219
Article II. On the Love of Neighbornn. 220–256
§ II. On the Works of Mercynn. 227–233
- Point I. On Almsnn. 227–229
- Point II. On Fraternal Correctionnn. 230–233
§ III. On the Vices Opposed to Charity Toward Neighbornn. 234–256
- Point I. On Scandalnn. 234–247
- Point II. On Cooperationnn. 248–256