A Topic of Moral Theology
Habits and Morality
How habits are formed, what they show of a man's past, and how far they excuse or aggravate his acts.
In the index as Habit · Habits · Custom · Duties · Inheritance · Liberty of human acts · Morality · Passions
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. II, Art. 1. Habits in General, Habits and Morality, nn. 140 & 141 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Human Acts — Chapter I: On Free Acts, nn. 123, 124, 125 & 126 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Virtues in Common, nn. 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577 & 578 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VI. On Virtues In Ge…, Preliminary Chapter. On Habits In General, nn. 438, 439, 440, 441 & 442 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, First Part: On Human Acts …, Section A: On the Conditio…, Ch. I, Q. IV, Article II: On Habit and Custom, nn. ¶1, 95, 96 & 97 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Philosophy: Ethics, Deontology and Natural Law
Pt. I, Ch. V, Section I. Of Habit, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Morality as relation to the rule of conduct — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)