A Topic of Moral Theology
Modesty of Conduct
Modesty in bodily movements and manner.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
deportment · manners · modesty of behaviour · modesty of manners (ed.)
In the index as FOOD that we should take: quality · Modesty · MORTIFICATION, interior · Modesty of manners · Affability, virtue · CHASTITY, means to preserve it · EXAMPLE: we should profit by the good example and give it to others · Eutrapelia · Game · SLEEP: mortification as to taking sleep · APPETITE, mortification of · Adornment and garments of women · Adulation · Affability · Affectation · Aulicism · Austerity · DISCIPLINES or FLAGELLATIONS, their use · Dances · Decency · Eutaxia · Exterior modesty, virtue · FASTING recommended · FLESH-MEAT, hurtful to the soul
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. III, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. IV, § IV, Point III, III. On Modesty of Conduct, nn. 460, 461 & 462 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tract VIII: On Temperance …, Especially Humility, Ch. IV, Affability, and Eutrapelia, nn. 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738 & ¶1 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XIII, Ch. IV, § 4, 3. On Modesty in External Things, n. 717 — 717. Modesty in external things is a moral virtue inclining a man to preserve decorum in external things according to right reason. These external things are: a) movements of the body; b) games; c) clothing and ornaments… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Question Five: On Modesty of Manners, nn. ¶1, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061 & 1062 (27 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. VI, Disputation II: On the Vic…, Question VII: On immodesty, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
The True Spouse of Jesus Christ
Chapter VIII: Exterior Mortification, nn. ¶1003, ¶1004, ¶1011, ¶1012, ¶1013, ¶1014, ¶1018, ¶1019, ¶1020, ¶1023, ¶1024, ¶1025, ¶1026, ¶1029, ¶1030, ¶1031, ¶1033, ¶1034, ¶1036, ¶1042, ¶1044, ¶1045, ¶1049, ¶1050, ¶1055, ¶1056, ¶1057, ¶1059, ¶1060, ¶1061, ¶1069, ¶1074, ¶1075, ¶1077, ¶1083, ¶1084, ¶1089, ¶1090, ¶1091, ¶1097, ¶1100, ¶1101, ¶1102, ¶1103, ¶1105, ¶1108, ¶1109, ¶1110, ¶1113, ¶1114, ¶1115, ¶1116, ¶1117, ¶1118, ¶1119, ¶1120, ¶1121, ¶1122, ¶1124, ¶1125, ¶1126, ¶1127 & ¶1128 (63 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Modesty — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, On Chastity — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)