A Topic of Moral Theology
Listening to detraction
Formal and material co-operation of the hearer.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
hearing gossip · listening to gossip (ed.)
In the index as Detraction · Calumny · Detraction, calumny · Hearer · Superior
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Seventh. On the Eight…, Question Third. On Lesion …, Article Fourth. On One Hearing Detraction, n. 654 — 654. How he sins. 1. He who hears one detracting and does not impede the detraction which he can easily impede sins in a twofold way against charity: first, because he does not impede the sin of the detractor by correcti… Read in context →
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VIII, Chapter II. Detraction, n. 5 — If by listening to a detractor we encourage him to slander another, we are formal co-operators in his sin and are as guilty as the detractor himself. If our listening is not indeed the efficacious cause of the detraction… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VIII, Sect. II, Ch. I, Article IV. On the One Hearing Detraction, n. 1075 — I. He who positively influences detraction, for example by asking, laughing, or applauding, sins against justice. Yet sufficiently probably he sins only slightly who fishes out the crime of the neighbor without the inten… Read in context →
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter II: On Injury, or the Violation of Right, nn. 393 & 394 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. II, § B. Concerning Certain Si…, Q. V, Which Is the Cause of Harm…, Honor, and Friendship, nn. ¶4998 & ¶4999 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Ch. IV, Question Two: On Detraction, n. 433 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXXIV: On Detr…, Question V: Whether it is mortal to keep silent about another's good name when it is blackened, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Detraction and Calumny — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, On Forbidden Books · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · The Roman Catechism · The Casuist · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)