A Topic of Moral Theology
Deprecative Prayer
Prayer as petition — asking fitting things of God — and the conditions of its efficacy.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
asking god for things · intercessory prayer · is it wrong to pray for things · prayer of petition (ed.)
In the index as Prayer · Attention · Distraction · Thanksgiving · Causes · Goods · Impenitence · Intention · Just men · Obsecration · Pastors to be prayed for · Petitions · Postulation · Prayers · Public · Reading · Sinner · Unbelievers
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Question Second. On the Ac…, Article Second. On Prayer, nn. 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146 & 147 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. I, Sect. I, Ch. II, Article II. On Deprecative Prayer, nn. 582, 583, 584, 585, 586 & 587 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section B: On the Acts of …, Ch. I, Question Two: On Prayer, Article II: On the Species of Prayer, nn. ¶1, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674 & 675 (29 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. IV, Prayer in General, nn. ¶25–¶44 (20 passages)
The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion
Pt. III, IV. PRAYER, 6. FOR WHAT OUGHT WE TO PRAY?, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3 & ¶4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Prayer — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Slater, Cases I · The Casuist · St. Alphonsus, True Spouse and 3 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)