A Topic of Moral Theology

Antecedent and consequent passion

Passion that precedes deliberation lessens malice; passion deliberately excited increases it; monomania and responsibility.

Also asked about as…

acting on strong emotion · crime of passion · sinning in the heat of passion (ed.)

In the index as Concupiscence · Passion · Consequent · Antecedent · Familiar · Hereditary taint · Illusions · Imputability · Infirmity · Love · Merit · Passion and sin · Passion, passions · Passions · Sin

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. I, Ch. III, Section II. Concupiscence, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Commentaries on Human Acts (Commentarii de Actibus Humanis)

Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary VI: On Concupiscence, nn. 11 & 18 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § 3, 3. On Passion or Concupiscence, nn. 85, 86, 87 & 88 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, First Part: On Human Acts …, Section A: On the Conditio…, Ch. I, Question Two: On the Imped…, Article III: On Concupiscence, nn. ¶1, 76, 77, 78 & 79 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Sins in General, Second Part: On the Causes…, First Question: On the Int…, Article II: On Passion as a Cause of Sin on the Part of the Sensitive Appetite — On Sins of Infirmity, nn. ¶1, 467, 468, 469 & 470 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. I, Ch. III, Article II. On Concupiscence, nn. 13, 14 & 15 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Concupiscence — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Vermeersch, On Chastity · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Slater, Cases I · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)