A Topic of Moral Theology
Greatness of Deed, Meanness and Vulgarity
Greatness of Deed, Meanness and Vulgarity, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 7. The Virtue of Fortitude).
In the index as Expenses · Greatness of Deed · Magnificence · Meanness · Munificence · Parvificence · Prodigality · Profusion · Sumptuousness · Vulgarity · Wasteful expenditure
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 7. The Virtue of Fort…, Greatness of Deed, Meanness and Vulgarity, n. 2452 — Greatness of Deed. Greatness of Deed.—Greatness of deed is the execution of the great things to which one is inclined by greatness of soul. (a) The virtue is a general one, if it includes every kind of noble performance; it is a special on… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Second Part: On the Virtue…, Question Two: On Magnificence, nn. ¶1, 921 & 922 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. V, Disputation II: On the Vir…, Question IV: On the vices opposed to magnificence, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Magnificence — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)