A Topic of Moral Theology
Grave and slight fear
What counts as grave fear for a constant man; fear from within and from without.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
acting out of fear (ed.)
In the index as Fear · Involuntary · Grave · Imputability · Light · Vow
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. I, Ch. III, Section III. Fear, n. 1 — Fear is defined to be a perturbation of the mind on account of some present or future danger. It is grave or slight in proportion as the danger is serious or not serious. Absolutely grave fear is such as will seriously a… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. III, Section III. On Fear in Particular, n. 41 — II. Division. Fear is divided: 1. By reason of intensity, into grave and light, according as the motion is grave or light. 2. By reason of influence on the act, into antecedent and concomitant, according as the act is pl… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Human Acts, II. On the Impediments of the Human Act, nn. 59 & 60 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Commentaries on Human Acts (Commentarii de Actibus Humanis)
Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary VII: On Fear, nn. 5 & 6 (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.
Vol. I, Treatise on Human Acts, Ch. II, Art. III, § III. On Fear, n. 17 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § 3, 2. On Fear, n. 68 — 68. Divisions. Among the many divisions of fear or dread, the following are the more principal: 1. Fear struck from within or from without. The former is caused by a cause intrinsic to man or by a natural cause, for exam… Read in context →
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. I, Ch. III, Article III. On Fear, n. 16 — Fear is a trembling of the mind on account of some present or future danger to oneself or to those closely joined to oneself; but it is commonly divided thus: 1st. Grave or slight fear, according as the evil feared is ei… Read in context →
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, Volume III: On the Decalogue
Diss. II, One Extorted by Fear or Er…, Chapter VII — On vows extorted by error, or by fear, n. VIII — VIII. Question III. Is a vow extorted by fear valid? Response. The distinction of fear has already often been explained. For one fear is grave, falling upon a steadfast man; another is light. Grave fear can arise from wi… Read in context →
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question VI: Whether fear inflicted on another makes a vow invalid, nn. 1–51 (51 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Fear — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)