A Topic of Moral Theology
Beneficence
Doing good to the neighbour as an effect of charity: to whom it is owed, and in what order.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Beneficence · Charity · Benevolence · Hatred · Mercy
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 6. The Effects of Cha…, Beneficence, nn. 1211, 1212, 1213, 1214 & 1215 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 9. The Sins Against B…, Introduction, n. 1444 — (Summa Theologica, II-II, q. 43.) Having discussed in the preceding paragraphs the sins opposed to the internal acts of charity (love, joy and peace), we come now to treat of scandal and cooperation which are opposed to … Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the Precept of Charity, I. On the Necessity of Charity, n. 387 — What does charity toward neighbor import; is there given a precept of charity toward neighbor? - R. To the first. Charity toward neighbor commands love of oneself and of neighbor, but in an ordered way; for not every nei… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Benefices — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · The Casuist · Decretum of Gratian · Decretals of Gregory IX · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)