Chapter IV. On The History Of Moral Theology

It is to be regretted that in schools the history of Moral Theology is not treated equally with the history of Dogmas and the history of Philosophy. For knowledge of history would certainly produce a more perfect knowledge of Moral Theology itself. Let at least a brief and succinct historical conspectus of Moral Theology be offered here. For the sake of clarity we distinguish three periods, namely: the first down to the thirteenth century; the second down to the end of the Council of Trent; the third down to our own days.