A Topic of Moral Theology
Attrition and the dying
Whether one absolved with attrition in danger of death must also make an act of perfect love of God.
In the index as Attrition · Sorrow · Fear · Penance · Remission · Contrition · Destruction · Love
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. VI, Ch. III, Section I. The Nature of Contrition, n. 7 — When Penance is received in danger of death with attrition and not contrition, some theologians insist on the necessity of the dying person making an act of perfect love of God, either to make sure before death of the va… Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Penance, n. 693 — On the Beginning of Love in Attrition. “Our Most Holy Lord Pope Alexander VII, having learned, not without grave sorrow of soul, that certain scholastics were contending rather sharply among themselves, and not without scandal of the faithful, whether that at… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Third Part: On the Parts o…, Ch. I, Question Three: On the Div…, Article II: On Attrition or Imperfect Contrition, nn. 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502 & 503 (62 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Contrition and Purpose of Amendment — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium and 7 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)