A Topic of Moral Theology

Hatred of God

Hatred of God, gravest of sins, and hatred of the neighbour as directly opposed to charity.

In the index as Hatred · Charity · Abomination · Hate · Enmity · Love · Desire · Despair · Capital Vices · Envy · Flight · Mercy · Presumption of Self · Sadness · Anger · Aversion from God · Beneficence · Benevolence · Boldness · Concupiscence · Delectation · Detraction · Election · Emulation

In the manuals

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. I, Diss. III, Part II. On the Cultivation of Charity Toward God, n. 520 — II. Sins against charity toward God - besides omission of the act prescribed by reason of the precept of charity - are: hatred of God and sloth. 1. Hatred of God. Hatred taken generally is an act by which someone is badl… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. I, Diss. III, Pt. IV, Sect. II, Chapter I. On Internal Sins, n. 542 — I. What hatred is and into how many kinds it is distinguished, see n. 520. But the morality of hatred toward one's neighbor is outlined in these points: 1. Hatred of abomination of the person is a grave sin, since it exc… Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 7. The Sins Against Love and Joy, Hatred of God, nn. 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302 & 1303 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On Human Acts, I. On the Nature of the Human Act, n. 17 — What are the acts of the will which consist in the pursuit of good and in flight from evil? - These acts of the will can be distinguished according as the passions of the sensitive appetite, to which they correspond, are… Read in context →

Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, V. On the Capital Vices, nn. 327 & 328 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, On the Precept of Hope, nn. 376 & 377 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, On the Precept of Charity, I. On the Necessity of Charity, nn. 384, 387 & 388 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, On the Precept of Charity, II. On the Order of Charity, n. 389 — What order generally is to be observed in charity toward neighbor? In the order of charity each one is bound after God to love: 1. himself according to spiritual goods, insofar as he wills God, his end, i.e., the supreme… Read in context →

Vol. I, On the Precept of Charity, III. On the Love of Enemies, n. 399 — Although hatred of enmity, whether of the person according to himself and of the goods which he has in himself, namely by willing evil to him as such, or insofar as it is evil to him, from its genus is mortal, neverthele… Read in context →

Vol. III, On the Sacraments in General, I. On the Nature of the Sacraments, n. 305 — How many are the sacraments of the New Testament? - There are seven: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Order, Matrimony. Namely, as in bodily life we are born, grow, are nourished, are healed wh… Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract IX. On theological c…, Ch. I, Art. III, § 1. On hatred of God, n. ¶85 — Notions. Hatred in general is an act by which we turn away from some evil. But that evil can be a thing or a person. Now we are speaking about hatred of another person. But someone can be ill-disposed toward another pers… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Charity, Fourth Part: On Sins Oppos…, First Question: On Hatred, Which Is Opposed to Dilection, nn. ¶1, 944, 945, 946, 947 & 948 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Charity, On the Vices Opposed to Ch…, On hatred of God and of the neighbor; on sloth, envy, discord, contention, and schism, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Bk. III, Diss. IV, Chapter II — What is hatred of God, and of the Neighbor. On discord, contention, schism, and sedition, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII & IX (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Charity — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Slater, Cases I · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · The Roman Catechism · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · St. Alphonsus, True Spouse · Rickaby, Four-Square — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)