A Topic of Moral Theology
Lukewarmness
Lukewarmness, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 7. The Sins Against Love and Joy).
In the index as Carelessness · Lukewarmness · Tepidity
In the manuals
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 7. The Sins Against L…, Lukewarmness, n. 1327 — The sin of carelessness about the service of God is also known as tepidity or lukewarmness. It consists in a want of fervor, and causes one to live in spiritual languor, wishing on the one hand to live holily and avoid s… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Sloth — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)