A Topic of Moral Theology
Detachment from Creatures
Loosening the heart from relatives, friends, possessions and its own will, so that it may be free for God.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
attachment to creatures · inordinate affection · letting go (ed.)
In the index as EXAMPLE: we should profit by the good example and give it to others · DETACHMENT from creatures · PARLOR, behavior while in it · CONFESSOR: need and choice of a director · FRIENDSHIPS, dangerous · SUPERIORS, obedience due to them · Avarice · Blindness · CHASTITY, means to preserve it · Envy · LETTERS, advice in regard to correspondence · MISTRESS of the pupils, how watchful she should be in regard to particular friendships · OBSERVANCE, zeal and firmness to sustain it · RESPECT, human · TEMPTATIONS, how the devil tempts and leads away pious persons · Word of God
In the manuals
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. III, The Ninth and Tenth Commandments, nn. ¶32, ¶33, ¶34, ¶35, ¶36, ¶37, ¶38, ¶39, ¶40 & ¶41 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
The True Spouse of Jesus Christ
Chapter X: Detachment From Relatives and Other Persons, nn. ¶1260, ¶1261, ¶1266, ¶1267, ¶1272, ¶1276, ¶1278, ¶1279, ¶1281, ¶1282, ¶1283, ¶1284, ¶1285, ¶1286, ¶1287, ¶1289, ¶1295, ¶1296, ¶1298, ¶1299, ¶1300, ¶1301, ¶1305, ¶1306, ¶1308, ¶1309, ¶1312, ¶1316, ¶1317, ¶1318, ¶1319, ¶1320, ¶1321, ¶1324, ¶1325, ¶1330, ¶1331, ¶1334, ¶1335, ¶1336 & ¶1340 (41 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Charity — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, 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 · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae · Concina, Compendium and 5 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)