A Topic of Moral Theology
The Justification of the Sinner
Whether justification truly destroys sin or only covers it, whether it requires the infusion of grace, and the acts required of the adult sinner.
The works themselves ask 6 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Justification of the sinner · Faith · Will · Atonement · Concupiscence · Free-will · Grace · Justification · Justification, acts required for · Merits · Prayer · Regeneration · Sacraments · Thomas Aquinas, St. · Trent
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Ch. I, Section 1: The Supernatural Principle of Moral Regeneration, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3 & ¶4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Ch. I, Section 2: The Natural Requisite of Moral Regeneration, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5 & ¶6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Justification of the Sinner, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Justification of th…, Whether in the justification of the ungodly sins are truly destroyed and taken away, and not only covered?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Justification of th…, Whether for the remission of sin, which is the justification of the ungodly, an infusion of grace is required?, nn. 1–14 (14 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Justification of th…, On the acts required for the justification of the adult sinner, nn. 1–27 (27 passages)
Article IV, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Justification of th…, Certain little questions in completion of St. Thomas's question briefly resolved, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. I, Chapter IX — THE IMAGE of Christian justification, depicted with the lineaments of the holy Scriptures, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, I, II, III, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X & XI (23 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Grace — Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Slater, Foundation — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)