A Topic of Moral Theology
Abjectness
Abjectness, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 8. The Virtue of Temperance).
In the index as Abjectedness
In the manuals
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Abjectness, n. 2561 — Abjection. Abjection.—The other extreme of pride is abjection. (a) As a turning away from these higher things to which one should aspire, this sin is the same as littleness of soul, and it is opposed to greatness of soul (see 2451)… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Humility — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Spirago · St. Alphonsus, True Spouse · Rickaby, Four-Square — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)