Liberalism

Liberalism as the manuals mean it — the system condemned by the Syllabus, that the State and conscience owe nothing to revealed truth — and how far a man sins who professes it.

The works themselves ask 11 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

liberal catholicism · the syllabus of errors (ed.)

In the index as Liberalism · Association · Bebel · Forbidden sects · Action française · Aloysius, St. · Atheism, basis of socialism · Bismarck · Bosco · Christ · Competition, unlimited · Deputies · Dodel-Port · Equality of rights · Freemasons · Heine, H · Jörg, E · Laurentius · Liberalism, its relation to socialism · Masonic sect · People · Philip Neri, St. · Pius the Ninth · Republic

In the manuals

Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 2 passages

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. I, Diss. I, Pt. II, Section I. On Sins Against the Precept of the Internal Act, n. 494 — Question 1. To what extent does one sin who professes Liberalism, that is, the politico-religious system which teaches the full independence of the State from the Church? Response 1. One who plainly professes Liberalism … Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. I, Diss. I, Pt. II, Section III. On Dangers of Faith, n. 509 — VI. Associations to be reproved. "The faithful are worthy of praise if they give their names to associations erected or at least commended by the Church; but let them beware of secret, condemned, seditious, suspected ass… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J.

Vol. I, On Laws, II. On the Author of Law, n. 183 — Who make laws in Civil Society? - The Prince or the people or both together, according to the varied form of government, make laws. In monarchical Governments, Princes who enjoy supreme power in civil society make laws. … Read in context →

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss

Vol. III, Pt. I, Chapter II: The Moral Significance of the Body, n. ¶16 — "Gloom is an alien and an enemy in Christian hearts," writes Charles Stanton Devas. "If Christianity is the religion of sorrow, it is also, and pre-eminently, the religion of joy; the solution of this antinomy being that… Read in context →

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Anthony Konings, C.SS.R. — 8 passages

Vol. I, Decrees, Declarations, and Instruct…, I. Chronological Series of…, P. Syllabus Embracing the …, § X: Errors Which Are Referred to Modern Liberalism, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 52 passages

Ch. II, Section A. Concerning Cert…, Question I: Concerning Certain Sins Against Faith, nn. ¶4475–¶4526 (52 passages)

Socialism: Its Theoretical Basis and Practical Application

Victor Cathrein, S.J. — 20 passages

Ch. III, Section V: The Root of Socialism. Relationship of Socialism to Liberalism, nn. ¶691–¶710 (20 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Sins against Faith — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)