A Topic of Moral Theology
Amentia Properly So Called
Insanity strictly so called — the psychoses that disturb the intellect — and its effect on responsibility.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
insanity and sin · madness and responsibility · mania · paranoia · schizophrenia · the insane (ed.)
In the index as The insane · Little children · Boy · Dementia · Insanity · Psychoses · Half-witted persons · Ignorance · Involuntary · Law · Mania · Paranoia · Schizophrenia · Epilepsy · Hypnotism · Orientals · Reception of the sacraments · Right · The delirious · Unbelievers · Viaticum
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. VI, Sect. II, Point I. Amentia Properly So Called, nn. ¶1, 53 & 54 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. V, § II. On the Subjects of Law Generally, nn. 124 & 126 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Part VII. On the Seventh and Tenth Precepts of the Decalogue, n. 757 — IV. Fuller exposition; this is especially set forth by a fuller exposition both of the object of justice, that is, as is clear from the definition handed down, right, and of its subject. 1. Notion of right. The word righ… Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. I, Diss. III, Pt. II, Section II. On the Requisites for Licit Reception, nn. 42 & 45 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. II, Pt. III, Section II. On the Person Receiving, n. 174 — 2. The insane are some perpetually insane, others not perpetually insane, others insane only about one or another point, and others semi-insane. a) The perpetually insane. To these, since they are equated with little chi… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Human Acts, II. On the Impediments of the Human Act, n. 48 — Does ignorance cause the involuntary? - Ignorance with which someone acts either has itself causally in relation to that which is done, or has itself merely concomitantly with respect to that which is done. It has itself… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Abnormalities which Arise from Morbid Disturbance of the Psychic Faculties — Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Coppens, Medical Practice · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)