Part — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology
Dissertation III. On the Cultivation of Charity
(St. Thomas, II-II, qq. 23-29; St. Alphonsus, Theologia moralis, II, 22-80; Homo Apostolicus, tr. 4, nn. 9-32.)
Charity is a supernatural theological virtue inclining man to love God on account of Himself, and ourselves and our neighbor on account of God (De virtutibus, n. 363).
The primary material object is God; the secondary object is ourselves and our neighbor (De virtutibus, n. 364).
The formal object or motive of charity is the supernatural divine goodness or perfection, lovable in itself and on account of itself (De virtutibus, n. 364).
These things recalled to memory, we shall speak first about the cultivation of charity generally, then, in different parts, about the cultivation of charity toward God, self, and neighbor specifically, and then about the order of charity.
Within this part
- Part I. On the Cultivation of Charity Generallynn. 517–518
- Part II. On the Cultivation of Charity Toward Godnn. 519–520
Part IV. On the Cultivation of Charity Toward Neighbornn. 529–570
Section I. On Prescribed Actsnn. 529–541
Section II. On Sins Against Charity Toward Neighbornn. 542–570
Chapter II. On External Sinsnn. 545–570
- Article I. On Scandalnn. 546–553
Article II. On Cooperationnn. 554–566
- § I. Principlesnn. 554–556
- Article III. On Certain Other Sins Against Charity Toward Neighbornn. 567–570