A Topic of Moral Theology
Humility
Humility; pride opposed.
The works themselves ask 4 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Opposed to Pride — in The Capital Vices
Also asked about as…
being humble (ed.)
In the index as Humility · EXAMPLE: we should profit by the good example and give it to others · Temperance · Humility, virtue · HUMILITY, advantages that it procures · PRIDE: the proud man is a robber, is blind, is a liar · Pride · Capital · HUMILIATIONS, we should suffer them patiently · Meekness · Pleasures · Virtue · AMBITION, evil that it produces in convents · Abjection · Abjection of self · Abstemiousness · Ambition · Boasting · Books · Capital Vices · Chastity · Clemency, virtue · Continence · DRESS, modesty and poverty in the manner in which we should clothe ourselves
Further reading The Humility of the High Priest — on Leviticus 4 ↗ — Cornelius a Lapide, The Great Commentary, read off-site at lapide.org (public-domain translation) (ed.)
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. IV, Pt. II, Ch. II, 1. Pride, n. 2 — To pride is opposed humility, the virtue which occupies the mean between the two extremes of pride and pusillanimity or mean-spiritedness. The mean-spirited man refuses to take the place for which his talents fit him, an… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. III, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. IV, § IV, Point III, I. On Humility, nn. 454, 455 & 456 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 7. The Virtue of Fort…, Greatness of Soul, n. 2449 — Comparison between Greatness of Soul and Humility. Comparison between Greatness of Soul and Humility.—Greatness of soul and humility are different, but not contrary. (a) Thus, greatness of soul makes one regard oneself as worthy of great things, when one is indeed worthy… Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Nature, nn. 2461, 2462 & 2463 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, The Parts of Temperance, n. 2465 — The Parts of Temperance. The Parts of Temperance.—(a) The subjective parts or species of temperance are two, since there are two distinct objects of the virtue. These objects are the two delights of touch that are ruled by the virtue, namely, th… Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Humility, nn. 2553, 2554, 2555 & 2556 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, V. On the Capital Vices, n. 321 — What is pride? "Pride is named from this, that someone by will tends above that which he is." Whence it is clear that it is a sin. Insofar as it is an inordinate appetite of one's own excellence, it is a special sin. But… Read in context →
Vol. I, On the Precept of Charity, VI. On Scandal, n. 449 — If someone has received a depraved book lent by another to be read, can he restore it to the owner? - R. Negatively, unless prudent fear of some grave inconvenience persuades otherwise. This flows of its own accord from … Read in context →
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, On the Moral Virtues, nn. 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085 & 1086 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tract VIII: On Temperance …, Especially Humility, Chapter II: On Humility, nn. 724, 725, 726, 727, 728 & 729 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XIII, Ch. IV, § 4, 1. On Humility, nn. 712, 713, 714 & 715 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Question Three: On Humility, Article I: On Humility in Itself, nn. ¶1, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046 & 1047 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. VI, Disputation I: On the Virt…, Question XIV: On humility, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion
Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, B. GOOD WORKS, VIRTUE, SIN, VICE, VIII. THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL …, 1. HUMILITY, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
The True Spouse of Jesus Christ
Chapter XI: Holy Humility, nn. ¶1341, ¶1342, ¶1343, ¶1347, ¶1356, ¶1357, ¶1363, ¶1368, ¶1369, ¶1370, ¶1377, ¶1382, ¶1383, ¶1389, ¶1393, ¶1394, ¶1395, ¶1396, ¶1397, ¶1398, ¶1399, ¶1400, ¶1402, ¶1403, ¶1407, ¶1408, ¶1415, ¶1420, ¶1425, ¶1428, ¶1431, ¶1433, ¶1436, ¶1437, ¶1438, ¶1439, ¶1440, ¶1443, ¶1447, ¶1452, ¶1453, ¶1459, ¶1463, ¶1466, ¶1467, ¶1472, ¶1473, ¶1475, ¶1479, ¶1482, ¶1483, ¶1484, ¶1487, ¶1488, ¶1489, ¶1491, ¶1492, ¶1498, ¶1499, ¶1500, ¶1501, ¶1503, ¶1507, ¶1510, ¶1511, ¶1513, ¶1517, ¶1518, ¶1519, ¶1521, ¶1524, ¶1525, ¶1529, ¶1530, ¶1532, ¶1535, ¶1536 & ¶1537 (78 passages — hover a number to read it)
Four-Square; or, The Cardinal Virtues
Rickaby, Four-Square, XI. Magnanimity and Humility, nn. ¶112, ¶113, ¶114, ¶115, ¶116, ¶117, ¶118 & ¶119 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Modesty — Vermeersch, On Chastity — this work does not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so its treatment stands one heading up (ed.)