A Topic of Moral Theology

Change in the Gravity of Moral Defects

Change in the Gravity of Moral Defects, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 3. Bad Habits, or Vices).

In the index as Sin · Purpose · Advertence · Consent · Imperfections · Will

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. II, Art. 3. Bad Habits, or Vices, Change in the Gravity of Moral Defects, nn. 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195 & 196 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading What gluttony is and its gravity — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)