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A Topic of Moral Theology

What contumely is and its gravity

Insult to honour; grave of itself; jesting.

The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

publicly humiliating someone (ed.)

In the index as Contumely · Insult · Honor · Mockery · Abusive speech · Detraction · Reproach · Apology · Honor is injured by insult · Restitution · Words · Anger · Congruous satisfaction · Foolishness · Illusion · Injury · Malediction · Mocking · Pride · Reverence · Revilement · Sacred Thing · Taunting

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VIII, Chapter III. Contumely, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. — 18 passages

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Contumely, nn. 2010–2027 (18 passages)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 3 passages

Vol. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Eighth Precept of t…, Chapter III. On Contumely, n. 462 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 4 passages

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter II: On Injury, or the Violation of Right, nn. 397, 398, 399 & 400 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 3 passages

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. IV, II. On Injuries By Words O…, § 5. On Injury To Honor, nn. 183, 184 & 185 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 38 passages

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Ch. IV, Question Three: On Contumely, nn. ¶1, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441 & 442 (38 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Eighth Precept of t…, Chapter III. On Contumely, nn. 317 & 318 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Gaudentius Bontempi of Brescia, O.F.M. Cap. — 25 passages

Tr. I, Disputation XXXIII: On Con…, Question I: What contumely is, and whence it arises, nn. 1–25 (25 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Contumely — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)