A Topic of Moral Theology
First motions of passion
Movements of anger, impurity or rash judgement before advertence are not sinful; when consent makes them so.
The works themselves ask 7 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
involuntary feelings · sudden urges (ed.)
In the index as Concupiscence · Movements of the sensitive appetite · Fear · Act · Delight · Pleasure · Sin · Sin, subject of
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. I, Ch. III, Section II. Concupiscence, n. 5 — The evil motions of anger, impurity, rash judgement which precede all advertence and deliberation of the mind, cannot of course be sinful, as they are not voluntary. They become sinful when consent is yielded to them aft… Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Human Acts, n. 82 — To Act for the Sake of Pleasure. "8. To eat and drink unto satiety for pleasure alone is not a sin, provided that it does not harm health, because the natural appetite can licitly enjoy its acts. - 9. The conjugal act exercised for pleasure alone is who… Read in context →
Commentaries on Human Acts (Commentarii de Actibus Humanis)
Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary VI: On Concupiscence, nn. 22, 23 & 24 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Sins in General, First Part: On Sin Accordi…, Fourth Question: On the Su…, Article I: On Movements or Sins of Sensuality, nn. ¶1, 448, 449, 450 & 451 (33 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On the Voluntary and the I…, Whether concupiscence causes the involuntary?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Sins, On the Subject of Sin, Whether sin, at least venial, can be in and from the sensitive appetite alone, without any actual influx of the will; and whether all motions of sensuality are sins?, nn. 1–18 (18 passages)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, Human Acts, Case 3. Motions of Concupiscence, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Concupiscence — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Vermeersch, On Chastity · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)