A Topic of Moral Theology
Modernism
The system condemned by Pascendi: the evolution of dogma, religious experience in place of revelation, and the oath required against it.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
evolution of dogma · modernists · pascendi · the anti-modernist oath (ed.)
In the index as Modernism · Faith · Infidelity · Profession · Albigensianism · Americanism · Arianism · Bishop · Brahmanism · Buddhism · Condemned Propositions · Confucianism · Decalogue · Doubt · Evolution · Fire · Gnosticism · Heresy · Hussism · Iconoclasm · Judaism · Macedonianism · Manicheism · Mohammedanism
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)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. I, Diss. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Chapter II. On the Precept of the External Act, or Profession of Faith, n. 490 — I. The external act, or profession of faith, is sometimes prescribed. This is clear: 1. From Sacred Scripture. "If thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God has raised Him from the dea… Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 2. The Sins Against F…, The Sin of Unbelief, n. 822 — Contrary unbelief (see 818), which not only refuses to believe but also assents to contrary errors, has three degrees according to the greater or less number of truths denied or errors admitted in these three degrees. So… Read in context →
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 2. The Sins Against F…, The Sin of Doubt, n. 841 — Real doubt in matters of faith is always unjustifiable in itself, for there is never any just reason for doubting God’s word; but it is not always a sin of heresy or of infidelity. There are two kinds of real doubt, viz.… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the Precept of Faith, nn. 361 & 368 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, IV. On the Obligations of Bishops, n. 211 — What about the care to be had for doctrine? - It belongs to the Bishop to watch over institutions, whether private or public, and also over the printing of books in such a way that nothing be handed down which is opposed… Read in context →
Back to Morality
Chapter VII: Baptism Not a Human Invention, n. ¶91 — BY a certain class of modern writers Christianity is regarded as a product of natural evolution. According to these critics it is a syncretism, or growing together of ideas, doctrines, and rites which were held in soluti… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Sins against Faith — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · 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.)