A Topic of Moral Theology
Aggravating circumstances
Circumstances of quantity, intensity or duration that increase or lessen malice without changing the species; a venial sin made mortal.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
what makes a sin worse (ed.)
In the index as Circumstance · Circumstances · Circumstances of sin · Act · Aggravating circumstances · Cause · Law · Penance · Species of Sin
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. I, Ch. IV, Sect. II, Point III. The Circumstances, n. 2 — Some circumstances affecting the intensity, or quantity, or duration of an action add to or lessen its malice, but they do not change its moral species; such circumstances are called aggravating circumstances. Although t… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Human Acts, IV. On the Various Sources of Morality, n. 91 — How are the various circumstances distinguished? - Certain circumstances are those which change the nature of the work or act merely accidentally, namely within the same species, increasing or diminishing moral goodness … Read in context →
Vol. III, On Penance, V. On the Integrity of Confession, n. 706 — Must circumstances of mortal sins which notably aggravate them necessarily be confessed? - "There are three opinions, all very probable. - The first opinion affirms it. It is proved, 1. from the Roman Ritual, de Sacram. … Read in context →
Commentaries on Human Acts (Commentarii de Actibus Humanis)
Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary XIII: On the Circumstances of Human Acts, nn. 7 & 8 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, Second Part: On Human Acts…, Section A: On the Morality…, Q. V, Article II: On Circumstances, nn. ¶1, 151, 152, 153 & 154 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § I. On the Necessity of the Integrity of Confession, n. 745 — Point III. On the Circumstances of Sins. The circumstances of sins are distinguished in various ways. For 1°. some change the species, namely those which by reason of themselves add to the act a malice distinct in species from that which the act has by reason o… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading The Circumstances — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Billuart, Summa Summae · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)