A Topic of Moral Theology
What Christian Perfection Is
Perfection consists essentially in charity; the counsels and the moral virtues serve it as instruments; it is begun in this life and consummated in the next, and is open to every state of life.
The works themselves ask 5 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
See also The Evangelical Counsels — in Law · Charity — in The Theological Virtues
Also asked about as…
holiness · perfection of charity · sanctity (ed.)
In the index as Perfection · Saints · The state of original justice · Aspiration to perfection · Christian perfection · Dependence on God · Heroic virtue · Jesus Christ the Redeemer and Messias · Love of God · Necessity of salvation · Spiritual perfection · Virtue
In the manuals
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Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Moral Part — Chapter II: On the Confessor, n. 550 — 550. (B) Method to be Followed. (a) First of all, the devout are to be taught that perfection is not properly situated in spiritual exercises, or in the practice of mortification, or in this or that devotion, but in the … Read in context →
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract IX. On theological c…, Ch. III, Art. III, Appendix on Spiritual Perfection and on the State of Perfection, n. 624 — 624. 1. St. Paul admonishes: "Above all things have charity, which is the bond of perfection"; for charity is the form of all the virtues, orders them to the supernatural end, and gives to them their proper notion of mer… Read in context →
Pastoral Questions
Ch. III, Question I: Concerning the Pious and Devout, nn. ¶2574 & ¶2575 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. III, Question II: Concerning the Perfect and Contemplatives, nn. ¶2686, ¶2687, ¶2688, ¶2689, ¶2690, ¶2691, ¶2692, ¶2693 & ¶2694 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Chapter IV — Pastors and Directors of Christians ought, first of all, to be exactly versed in the spirit of the Christian profession, and in its chief rules and most lucid principles, n. IV (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Diss. V, Chapter I — The notion of the religious state, and its obligation of aspiring to evangelical perfection, nn. I–XIV (14 passages)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XIII: Whether, and how, charity in this life is perfect, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. VII, Disputation I: On States, …, Question II: On the state of perfection, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. VII, Disputation I: On States, …, Q. II, Doubt I: In what the perfection of man consists, nn. 1–17 (17 passages)
Tr. VII, Disputation I: On States, …, Q. II, Doubt II: What perfection can be had in this life, nn. 1–27 (27 passages)
Tr. VII, Disputation I: On States, …, Q. II, Doubt III: Who are in the state of perfection, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. VII, Disputation I: On States, …, Question III: Whether some who are not in the state of perfection perform, by reason of their office, works more perfect than some who are in it, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)