A Topic of Moral Theology
Derision
Mockery of a person present: the honour it violates, and what makes it grave.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
laughing at someone · making fun of people · mocking someone · ridicule · teasing (ed.)
In the index as Derision · Mockery · Honor · Contumely · Mocking · Reproach · Curse · Detraction · Disgrace · Illusion · Imprecation · Insult · Jeering · Jesting · Malediction · Public Honesty · Reverence · Reviling
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VIII, Sect. III, Scholion. On Derision, nn. 1084, 1085 & 1086 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Derision, nn. 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109 & 2110 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Eighth Precept of t…, III. On Contumely, n. 1514 — What is contumely, how manyfold is it, and what kind of sin is it? Contumely is: the unjust violation of the honor of a present person. Therefore contumely differs from detraction first in this, that detraction directly … Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
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)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXXV: On Whisp…, Mockery, and Cursing, Question II: On the malice of mockery, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Contumely — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)