A Topic of Moral Theology
The Motives of Credibility
The rational grounds of faith against unbelievers: prophecy and its fulfillment, the miracles of Christ and the Apostles, and the manner in which the Christian religion was founded and propagated.
The works themselves ask 12 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Heretics · Miracles · Non-Catholics · Prophecy · Cooperation in general in an evil act · Architect with respect to the building of heterodox temples · Credibility, motives of · Devil · Divine faith · Faith · Spirits · To construct heterodox temples · Absolution · Canonization · Church, as it is a society · Converts · Credibility · Disputation with heretics · Doellinger's fall · Evidences of revelation · God · Inspiration of the Bible · It is not lawful to play the organ in churches of heretics · Judgment of credibility
In the manuals
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Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, On the Theological Virtues…, On the Virtue of Faith, nn. 670–688 (19 passages)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Faith, Second Part: On the Act of…, Ch. I, Question Two: On the Analy…, Article III: On the Judgment of Credibility or on the Preambles of Faith, nn. ¶1, 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704 & 705 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Faith, On the Motives of Credibil…, Commonly Called Deists, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Faith, On the Motives of Credibil…, Commonly Called Deists, What is prophecy? Is it possible?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Faith, On the Motives of Credibil…, Commonly Called Deists, Whether prophecies have force to prove the truth of revelation?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Faith, On the Motives of Credibil…, Commonly Called Deists, The predictions of the prophets concerning the Christian religion and its author, nn. 1–40 (40 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Faith, On the Motives of Credibil…, Commonly Called Deists, The miracles of Christ and the Apostles, and likewise the promises of Christ fulfilled, in confirmation of the Christian religion, nn. 1–72 (72 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Faith, On the Motives of Credibil…, Commonly Called Deists, The wonderful and plainly divine manner in which the Christian religion was founded and propagated, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question II: What the object of faith is, nn. 1–74 (74 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question V: Whether the object of faith can be evident scientifically, nn. 1–36 (36 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question VII: Whether the articles of faith are evidently credible, nn. 1–14 (14 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XII: Whether the articles of faith are to be expounded by some authority which is an infallible teacher, and what it is, n. 1 — This question suggests the weightiest disputations against the sectaries, who, by their own strength and an empty, though inflated, little spirit, urge that it is lawful for all to interpret the Scriptures, and the artic… Read in context →
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XIII: What are the marks of the true Church, in which the authority of expounding faith resides, nn. 1–48 (48 passages)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Chapter VIII — On the Church, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII & XIII (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, Faith, Case 2. Dispositions of Converts, nn. ¶1–¶14 (14 passages)
The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion
Pt. I, VI. THE MOTIVES OF FAITH, nn. ¶1–¶20 (20 passages)
A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy
Chapter II: Our Duties to God, nn. 132, ¶244, ¶245, ¶246 & 133 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Faith — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · The Roman Catechism · Slater, Back to Morality · 1917 Code of Canon Law and 2 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)