A Topic of Moral Theology
Causes and remedies of scruples
Recognizing the scrupulous penitent; causes (rigid reading, company, temperament, the devil); the remedies and the duty of obedience to the confessor
The works themselves ask 7 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
See also The Scrupulous Conscience — in Conscience
Also asked about as…
help with scruples · overcoming scrupulosity (ed.)
In the index as Scruples · Conscience · Confessor · Scrupulous conscience · The Scrupulous · Disturbances · Doubt · Narrow · Remedies · Rules · Scruple · Signs · Tender
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. II, Chapter V. The Scrupulous Conscience, nn. 3, 4 & 5 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)
Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Second Commentary: On Cons…, VII. On Scrupulous Conscience, nn. 173, 175, 177, 178 & 182 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. I, Treatise On Conscience, Ch. III, Article I. On Scrupulous Conscience, n. 44 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract IV. On Conscience, Ch. IV, Article II. On Scrupulous Conscience, nn. 321 & 322 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. III, Art. II, § 1. On The Obligation Of The Confessor Toward Penitents Diverse From The State Of Soul, nn. ¶6, ¶1835, ¶1836, ¶1837, ¶1838 & ¶1839 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. III, Question IV: Concerning the Scrupulous, nn. ¶2823, ¶2824, ¶2825, ¶2826, ¶2827, ¶2828, ¶2829, ¶2835, ¶2836, ¶2837, ¶2838, ¶2839, ¶2840, ¶2841, ¶2842, ¶2843, ¶2844, ¶2845, ¶2846, ¶2847 & ¶2858–¶2885 (48 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Second Part: On the Virtue…, Ch. III, Single Question: On the Sp…, Article III: On Narrow and Scrupulous Conscience, nn. 125 & 126 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. II, Chapter III. On Scrupulous and Lax Conscience, nn. 38, 39, 41, 42 & 43 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On Conscience, On the scrupulous conscience, through various little questions, nn. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 & 22 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Bk. II, Diss. I, Chapter VI — On the Scrupulous Conscience, nn. III, IV, VI, VIII, IX & X (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Questions of Moral Theology
Slater, Questions, Scruples, nn. ¶744, ¶745, ¶746, ¶747, ¶749 & ¶750 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Scrupulous Conscience — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Slater, Cases I · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)