A Topic of Moral Theology

Heresy

Formal and material heresy; doubting the faith; heresy as a crime and its penalties.

Penalty The crimes that make irregular (Can. 985) — in Irregularities arising from Crime · Apostasy, heresy and schism (Can. 2314) — in Excommunications Specially Reserved to the Holy See

See also Schism — in Sins against Faith

Also asked about as…

denying a dogma · doubting church teaching (ed.)

In the index as Heresy · Various words: · Heretics · Apostasy · Books of heretics · Non-Catholics · Clauses: · Faith · Apostates · Apostasy from the faith · Book · Heretic · Inquiry · A heretic validly baptized · Detraction · Excommunication · Formal and material heresy · Infidelity · Pertinacity · Religion · Schism · Schismatics · Americanism · Apostolic See

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. V, Pt. I, Chapter III. Sins against Faith, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, A.—Excommunications Very Specially Reserved to the Holy See, n. 6 — Canon 2369 IV. Confessarium qui sigillum sacramentale directe violare praesumpserit, manet excommunicatio specialissimo modo Sedi Apostolicae reservata; qui vero indirecte tantum, obnoxius est poenis [suspensionis a cele… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. I, Diss. I, Pt. II, Section I. On Sins Against the Precept of the Internal Act, nn. 492 & 493 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 2. The Sins Against F…, The Sin of Unbelief, n. 822 — Contrary unbelief (see 818), which not only refuses to believe but also assents to contrary errors, has three degrees according to the greater or less number of truths denied or errors admitted in these three degrees. So… Read in context →

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 2. The Sins Against F…, Heresy, nn. 826, 827, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833 & 834 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 2. The Sins Against F…, Dangerous Reading, n. 855 — The mere presence, however, of condemned matter in a writing does not cause it to fall under prohibition. (a) Some works are not forbidden unless the author’s purpose to teach error or attack the truth is known. Hence, b… Read in context →

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 8. The Sins Against P…, Schism, n. 1370 — Comparison of Heresy and Schism. Comparison of Heresy and Schism.—(a) These sins are not the same, since heresy is opposed to faith, schism to charity. A person who really believes that the Church is one in its head and its body, may nevertheless out of… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On the Precept of Faith, nn. 351, 352 & 369 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. IV, On Censures, II. On Excommunication, n. 1106 — What is excommunication, and how many kinds are there? Excommunication is a censure through which someone is deprived of communion with the Church. "It is a penalty, the gravest which the Church can inflict, and in itsel… Read in context →

Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)

30. Communication with Heretics, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (22 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 Virtues, Ch. I, Art. III, § II. On Heresy, nn. 208, 209 & 210 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Treatise On Censures, Ch. II, Namely: 1. on Excommunicat…, Art. I, Appendix I. On the Crime of Heresy, the Reading of Depraved Books, and the Index, nn. 981, 982, 983, 984, 985, 986, 987 & 988 (43 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, On the Theological Virtues…, On the Virtue of Faith, nn. 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661 & 662 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

On the Prohibition and Censorship of Books (De prohibitione et censura librorum)

Tit. I, Ch. I, Heretics, Schismatics, and Other Wri…, Article 2, n. 66 — 66. By the superior law, with the quality of the writer more observed, all books of heresiarchs were proscribed, but of heretics at least those which expressly treated religion. Now, in this article, the writer or his mi… Read in context →

Tit. I, Ch. I, Heretics, Schismatics, and Other Wri…, Article 3, n. 67 — What non-Catholics are 67. 1. Non-Catholics, taken closely - as if deprived only of the Catholic faith - seem to us to be those who, outside the Catholic Church, contend that they profess true Christianity. They are ther… Read in context →

Tit. I, Ch. V, Art. 11, I. On Books Which Contain a Certain Kind of Detractions, n. 74 — Prior law 74. 1. The first part renews the disposition of the prior law, by which, in the General Decrees, § 2, n. 13, all writings of this sort were punished. Cf. Arndt, p. 148, n. 119. Whether it is required that it be… Read in context →

Tit. II, Ch. V, Article 47, n. 125 — Former law 125. By this article, in the same words, the Excommunication borne in the Constitution Apostolicae Sedis, n. 2, of the first series, is repeated. Therefore in itself it will receive a similar interpretation. H… Read in context →

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. II, First Book: On the Theolog…, Tr. I, Tit. V, § 1. Censures Against Heresies, nn. ¶1, 48 & 49 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VII. On theological …, Ch. III, Article II. On apostasy from faith and on heresy, nn. 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519 & 520 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Faith, Fourth Part: On the Vices …, Question One: On Sins Dire…, Article II: On Heresy and Apostasy, nn. 744, 745, 746, 747 & 748 (31 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Ch. II, Section A. Concerning Cert…, Question I: Concerning Certain Sins Against Faith, nn. ¶4539–¶4580 (42 passages)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. V, Ch. I, Art. III, § II. On Heresy, nn. 160 & 161 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Faith, On the Vices Opposed to Fa…, On heresy, nn. 1–55 (55 passages)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Bk. III, Diss. I, Chapter IX — On Heresy, and Apostasy from the faith, and the penalties enacted against Heretics, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII & IX (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. I, Disputation III: On Heresy, n. 1 — As among the Turks (as is commonly noted) that man is the most bitter enemy of the Christian name who, born of Christian parents, is enrolled into a Mahometan family: so among infidels none more cruelly assaults the Chur… Read in context →

Tr. I, Disputation III: On Heresy, Question I: What heresy is, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation III: On Heresy, Question II: Whether one who doubts about the articles of faith is a heretic, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation III: On Heresy, Question III: Whether one who gives merely opinionative assent to an article of faith is a heretic, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation III: On Heresy, Question IV: Whether ignorance excuses from heresy, and what ignorance, nn. 1–25 (25 passages)

Tr. I, Disputation III: On Heresy, Question V: What pertinacity is required for heresy, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation III: On Heresy, Question VI: Whether, for one to be deemed a heretic, it is necessary that he have been baptized and one of the faithful, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Questions of Moral Theology

Slater, Questions, The Task of Liberal Theology, nn. ¶936, ¶937, ¶938, ¶939, ¶940, ¶941, ¶942, ¶943, ¶944, ¶946, ¶947, ¶948, ¶949, ¶950, ¶952, ¶953, ¶954, ¶955, ¶957, ¶958, ¶959, ¶960, ¶961, ¶962, ¶963, ¶964, ¶965, ¶966, ¶967, ¶969, ¶971, ¶972, ¶973, ¶974, ¶975, ¶976, ¶977, ¶978, ¶979, ¶980, ¶982, ¶983, ¶984, ¶985, ¶986, ¶987, ¶989, ¶990, ¶991, ¶992, ¶993, ¶994, ¶995, ¶996, ¶997, ¶998, ¶1000, ¶1001, ¶1002 & ¶1003 (60 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)

Bk. V, Title VII: On Heretics, cc. 1–16 (16 passages)

The Liber Sextus of Boniface VIII

Bk. V, Title II: On Heretics, cc. 1–20 (20 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Sins against Faith — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · The Casuist · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)