A Topic of Moral Theology
Gratitude
Gratitude and ingratitude.
The works themselves ask 4 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
being ungrateful · ingratitude · thankfulness (ed.)
In the index as Gratitude · Ingratitude · Justice · Affability · Debt · Liberality · Recompense for a benefit · Vindication · Columbus and San Salvador · Donation · Friendship · Observance · Penance · Piety · Promise · Recompense of a benefit · Religion · Thanksgiving · Truth · Truthfulness
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. III, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § III. On the Potential Parts of Justice, n. 384 — The potential parts of justice are several. For justice is a virtue toward another, rendering to him what is owed according to equality. Therefore every virtue which by its nature is toward another, but falls short of ju… Read in context →
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. III, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § III, Point VI. On Gratitude, nn. 404, 405 & 406 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 5. The Quasi-integral…, The Potential Parts of Justice, n. 2143 — Degrees of Moral Debt. Degrees of Moral Debt.—The remaining potential parts of justice are those in which there is not a legal debt, which is enforced by some law, but a moral debt to which one is obliged from the decency or the greater decenc… Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 6. The Remaining Pote…, Gratitude, nn. 2373, 2374, 2375, 2376, 2377, 2378, 2379 & 2380 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, V. On Promise, n. 992 — How does the obligation of an accepted promise cease? - It ceases on account of the following causes: 1. On account of condonation by the promisee; for anyone can renounce his own right. - 2. On account of change of the … Read in context →
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, VI. On Donation, n. 1022 — What are the exceptions to the irrevocability of donation inter vivos? - A donation 1. is resolved, but not by full right, if the attached conditions are not fulfilled. Cf. C. I. 1078, 1079, 1080; C. G. 953, 954, 956; C.… Read in context →
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. III, Namely, Gratitude, Vindication, Affability, Liberality, and Epikeia, Article I. On Gratitude, nn. 605, 606, 607, 608 & 609 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section F: On Other Habits…, Question One: On Gratitude and Ingratitude, nn. ¶1, 875, 876, 877, 878, 879 & 880 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation XIII: On the O…, Sect. IV, Vindication, and the Vices Opposed to Them, n. 1 — TO RECOGNIZE prosperity, as also to repel adversity, is innate even to inanimate and unarmed things; thus the earth, in which a yet tender sapling thrives, cherishes it when grown larger with its leaves, and enriches it … Read in context →
Tr. IV, Disputation XIII: On the O…, Sect. IV, Vindication, and the Vices…, Question I: On gratitude, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation XIII: On the O…, Sect. IV, Vindication, and the Vices…, Question II: On ingratitude, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion
Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, XII. THE DUTY OF GRATITUDE, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6 & ¶7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Four-Square; or, The Cardinal Virtues
Rickaby, Four-Square, X. Truthfulness, Gratitude, Obedience, nn. ¶102, ¶103, ¶104, ¶105, ¶106, ¶107, ¶108, ¶109, ¶110 & ¶111 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Justice as a Virtue and Its Parts — Koch–Preuss · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)