Hypocrisy

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J.

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)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R.

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. III, Ch. II, Art. IV, § I. On Pride, n. 303 — IV. The daughters of pride are: 1. Presumption, "which is the inordinate appetite of undertaking something beyond one's powers. It is commonly only venial. It becomes mortal, however, if it brings harm to God or one's ne… Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 6. The Remaining Potential Parts of Justice; the Gift of Piety; the Commandments, Lying, n. 2391 — Divisions of Lies. Divisions of Lies.—(a) Intrinsically, or in respect to its nature as a departure from the speaker’s mind, every lie is either an exaggeration, which tells more than the truth, or a suppression, which tells less than the … Read in context →

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 6. The Remaining Pote…, Hypocrisy, n. 2405 — Sinfulness of Hypocrisy. Sinfulness of Hypocrisy.—(a) Hypocrisy in its strictest sense is the simulation of one who wishes to seem but not to be virtuous. This sin is mortal, since it cares nothing for virtue, and its external pretense is but a … Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, V. On the Capital Vices, n. 322 — What are the daughters of pride and vainglory? "Those vices which of themselves are apt to be ordered to the end of some capital vice are called its daughters." S. Th. 2. 2. q. 132, a. 5. The daughters of pride are three… Read in context →

Vol. II, On the Eighth Precept of t…, IV. On Lying, n. 1525 — What is simulation? - A lie not by words, but by deeds, is called simulation. Yet not every simulation is a lie: for to simulate is indeed to do one thing and to will to signify another, and consists in this; but deeds a… Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P.

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. IV, II. On Injuries By Words O…, § 2. On Lying, n. 168 — 168. Scholion. On simulation and hypocrisy. Simulation and hypocrisy can be reduced to lying. For it belongs to the virtue of truth that someone show himself externally through external signs such as he is. But external … Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 10 passages

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section E: On Truth, Question Three: On Lying, Article II: On the Species of Lying, nn. ¶1, 864, 865, 866, 867 & 868 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Gaudentius Bontempi of Brescia, O.F.M. Cap. — 20 passages

Tr. IV, Disputation XIII: On the O…, Sect. V, Friendship, Liberality, Epikeia, and the Opposed V…, Q. II, Doubt VII: On the other things that are reduced to lying, nn. 1–20 (20 passages)

The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)

Issued by order of Pope St. Pius V — 4 passages

Pt. III, The Eighth Commandment, nn. ¶21, ¶22, ¶23 & ¶27 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)