A Topic of Moral Theology

The Effects of Sin

Stain, guilt, debt of punishment, loss of merit, habit.

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consequences of sin (ed.)

In the index as Penalty · Sin · Mortal sin · Stain of sin · Fault · Effects · Venial sin · God · Liability · Liability to punishment · Aversion from God · Concerning mortal sin · Concupiscence · Conscience · Damage · Diminution · Habitual intention · Medicinal penalties · Moral evil · Original sin · Privation of mode, species, and order · Sin, effects of · Stain · The damned

In the manuals

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. III, Ch. I, Article IV. On the Effects of Sins, nn. ¶1, 265, 266 & 267 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Sins and Vices, nn. 468 & 469 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. I, Tr. V, Title IV: The Punishments and Extinction of Sin, n. ¶1 — Usefulness. It is not for us to treat expressly either of the punishment or of the remission of sin, since those parts are taken up in the dogmatic treatise on Penance and on the Last Things. Yet because, that we may be … Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract V. On Sins In General, Chapter VI. On the Effects of Sin, nn. 390 & 391 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract V. On Sins In General, Ch. VI, Article I. On the Effects of Mortal Sin, n. 392 — 392. Several effects of mortal sin are indeed enumerated, but all are founded as in a root in the loss of sanctifying grace. That sanctifying grace is truly lost through mortal sin is of faith; for the Council of Trent d… Read in context →

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract V. On Sins In General, Ch. VI, Article II. On the effects of venial sin, n. 393 — 393. It has already been said above, n. 367, that it is very difficult to determine in what precisely the essence of venial sin is situated. But as to the effects which venial sin produces, the Doctors agree sufficiently… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Sins in General, Third Part: On the Effects…, First Question: On the Diminution of the Good of Nature, nn. ¶1, 515 & 516 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Sins in General, Third Part: On the Effects…, Second Question: On the Debt of Guilt or the Stain of Sin, nn. ¶1, 517, 518, 519 & 520 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Sins in General, Third Part: On the Effects…, Third Question: On the Debt of Punishment, nn. ¶1, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528 & 529 (35 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Sins, On the Effects of Sin, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Chapter I — On the things which, first of all, a Director of souls ought to know, n. V — V. Question IV. What are the effects of original sin? Answer: The first effect, or penalty, of original sin is the privation of original justice, adorned with which the soul obeyed God and held dominion over all the infe… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Sin — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, On Forbidden Books · Koch–Preuss · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Slater, Cases I · Spirago and 1 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)