Abstinence (the Virtue)

Moderation in food; gluttony opposed.

The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Opposed to Gluttony — in The Capital Vices

Also asked about as…

moderation in eating (ed.)

In the index as Abstinence · Abstemiousness · Chastity · Modesty · Clemency · Continence · Cruelty · Curiosity · Eutrapelia · Foolhardiness · Insensibility · Meekness · Petulance · Savagery · Sobriety · Studiousness · Temperance

Further reading On Abstinence and the Dangers of Small Transgressions — on Numbers 6 ↗ — Cornelius a Lapide, The Great Commentary, read off-site at lapide.org (public-domain translation) (ed.)

In the manuals

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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 3 passages

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. III, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. IV, § II, Point I. On Abstinence, nn. 435, 436 & 437 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Abstemiousness, nn. 2466 & 2467 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J.

Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, VI. On Virtues, n. 349 — What is temperance, what are its parts, and what vices are opposed to it? - R. To the first. Temperance is the virtue which moderates concupiscence and delight of sensible goods, especially in the delights of taste and t… Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P.

Vol. II, Tr. XIII, Ch. III, Article I. On the Virtue of Abstinence and on Fasting, n. 649 — 649. Notion. Abstinence taken generally signifies the withdrawal of food. In this general sense it is not a virtue, but something indifferent, which from circumstances can become good or evil. Thus he who abstains from f… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 8 passages

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Second Part: On the Virtue of Abstinence, nn. ¶1, 947 & 948 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Gaudentius Bontempi of Brescia, O.F.M. Cap. — 5 passages

Tr. VI, Disputation I: On the Virt…, Question VI: On abstinence, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Temperance — Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · Rickaby, Four-Square — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)