The end or motive of the agent

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 12 passages

Vol. I, Bk. I, Chapter I. What is a Human Act?, n. 5 — Human acts are by theologians divided into various classes: (a) Internal acts are performed by the internal powers of the soul; external, by the bodily organs. (b) Elicited acts are such as proceed immediately from the w… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. I, Ch. IV, Sect. II, Point II. The End, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 5 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. I, Ch. IV, Section III. On Merit, n. 1 — It follows from what has been said in the preceding section, that an action will be morally good if the object, end, and circumstances are good, The object, end, and circumstances will be good if they are conformable to … Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. III, Ch. III, Section I. Damnification in General, n. 2 — In order that such an obligation may be imposed, certain conditions must be fulfilled which it will be well to state more explicitly. (a) The damage must be inflicted voluntarily, with knowledge and the will to do the wr… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter IV. Divine Office, n. 8 — The obligation of saying the breviary is imposed by ecclesiastical precept, and the question arises what internal dispositions are necessary while reciting the office in order to satisfy the positive precept of the Churc… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. II, Ch. III, Section I. The Attention and Intention of the Minister, n. 1 — While administering a sacrament the minister should attend to what he is doing and remember that he is engaged in a religious function. If he voluntarily allows his mind to wander on other and profane matters, he is guil… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. II, Chapter IV. The Recipient of the Sacraments, n. 3 — On the other hand, God does not sanctify adults who have the use of reason without some co-operation on their side; justification, says the Council of Trent, is the sanctification and renewal of the interior man by the v… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. V, Pt. II, Chapter I. The Nature of the Sacrifice of the Mass, n. 2 — The Mass is a representation and a reproduction in an unbloody manner of the sacrifice of our Lord on the Cross. The principal minister, Jesus Christ, is the same; the victim is the same; the only difference is the manne… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. XII, Chapter II. Conditions Required for Gaining Indulgences, n. 2 — No one can gain an indulgence unless he is a member of the Catholic Church, and, moreover, he must have the requisite intention, he must be in the state of grace, and he must fulfil all the conditions prescribed for gain… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 6 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. I, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. I, Chapter I. On Intention, nn. 14, 15 & 16 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. I, Diss. III, Pt. II, Section I. On the Requisites for Valid Reception, n. 39 — For validly receiving a sacrament neither faith nor uprightness is required, as is clear from the sense and practice of the Church, which has always held as valid a sacrament received according to the rite of the Church … Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. II, Pt. III, Sect. III, Ch. I, Scholion. On Frequent and Daily Communion, n. 182 — I. Requisites for daily Communion. "Frequent and daily Communion, as being most desired by Christ the Lord and by the Catholic Church, should be open to all Christ's faithful of whatever order or condition; so that no on… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. III, Pt. III, Sect. II, Chapter I. On the Positive Requisites, n. 619 — XI. Right intention; concerning this it suffices to have observed these things: 1. A merely natural intention, that is, one resting on a natural motive alone, does not suffice, so that someone can be excluded for that ca… Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P.

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. I, Art. 2. Acts as Human, Two Kinds of Voluntary Acts, n. 58 — There are three acts of the will that are directed to the end the will has in view, viz., wish, intention and fruition. Wish is the love or inclination of the will towards the end without any reference to the means by wh… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 10 passages

Vol. I, On Human Acts, I. On the Nature of the Human Act, nn. 19, 20, 21 & 22 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, On Human Acts, IV. On the Various Sources of Morality, n. 80 — Can the intention of an extrinsic end intrinsically change the nature of the exterior work? - R. Negatively. The reason is: 1. Because the intrinsic nature of things cannot be changed. 2. Because the intention of the one… Read in context →

Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, I. On Judges, nn. 9 & 10 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, On the Sacraments in General, III. On the Minister of the Sacraments, nn. 339 & 344 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, On the Sacraments in General, IV. On the Subject of the Sacraments, n. 381 — What things are required for the valid reception of the sacraments? - For receiving the sacraments validly, no probity is required in adults, nor properly faith in the subject, if you except the sacrament of penance. Thi… Read in context →

Commentaries on Human Acts (Commentarii de Actibus Humanis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 3 passages

Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary III: On Elicited and Commanded Acts of the Will, n. 15 — 15. Moreover the end which intention regards is not necessarily the ultimate end, as in fruition, as will be said in its own place. “Intention,” says St. Thomas in the cited place, a. 2, “regards the end according as it … Read in context →

Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary XII: On the End of Human Acts, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

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. — 6 passages

Vol. I, Treatise on Human Acts, Ch. III, Art. II, § III. On the End, n. 28 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 5 passages

Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Human Acts — Chapter II: On the Morality of the Human Act, nn. 148, 149, 150, 151 & 152 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P.

Vol. I, Pt. I, Treatise I. On The Last End Of Man, n. 17 — 17. b) Principal or primary end, and secondary or less principal end. This division is rather a subdivision of the end of the one operating (although it can also have place in the end of the work), and is of great import… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 17 passages

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, Second Part: On Human Acts…, Section A: On the Morality…, Q. V, Article III: On the End, nn. 156 & 157 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J.

Vol. I, Tr. I, Ch. IV, Art. II, § III. On the End, n. 27 — An end in general is that for the sake of which something is done; but it is distinguished as twofold, namely the end of the work, that is, the end intrinsic to the work itself and to which the work tends through itself;… Read in context →

Questions of Moral Theology

Thomas Slater, S.J.

Slater, Questions, Some Questions Concerning Intention, n. ¶635 — The end, on which the morality of an action also depends, is the motive of the action, the reason why it is done. It is obvious from what has been said above that the moral quality of an act depends on its motive or on t… Read in context →