Final Impenitence

The refusal of repentance persisted in to the end, counted among the sins against the Holy Ghost.

Also asked about as…

refusing to repent (ed.)

In the index as Impenitence · Apostasy · Augustine, St. · Blasphemy · Charity · Faith · Holy Ghost · Hope · Malice · Peter Lombard · Unbelievers · Virtue

In the manuals

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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R.

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. I, Part II. On the Necessity of the Act of Doing Penance, n. 279 — Corollary I. One who neglects penance obligatory from the virtue of penance commits the sin of impenitence; one who omits penance prescribed from another source sins against that virtue from which penance is prescribed. … Read in context →

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss

Vol. II, Pt. I, Ch. II, Section 4: The Sin Against the Holy Ghost, n. ¶1 — I. NAME. —Broadly speaking, every sin is a sin against the Holy Ghost, because every sin is opposed to sanctity, of which the Holy Ghost is the author. But the name "sin against the Holy Ghost" is specifically applied to… Read in context →

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

Issued by order of Pope St. Pius V

Pt. IV, Prayer in General, n. ¶36 — If they persevere in such dispositions, God, in His mercy, will not neglect their earnest endeavors, as we see verified by the example of Cornelius the centurion. The doors of the divine mercy are closed against none who… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Sins Against the Holy Spirit — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)