A Topic of Moral Theology
Naturally good acts and supernatural merit
Whether every good act must be referred to God; what merit adds to natural goodness
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Merit · Acts · Human act and act of man · Act · Intention · Supernatural principles of human acts · Works
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. I, Ch. IV, Section III. On Merit, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. I, Art. 3. Acts as Moral, Good Acts, nn. 76, 77 & 78 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Human Acts, n. 89 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Commentaries on Human Acts (Commentarii de Actibus Humanis)
Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary XIV: On Merit, nn. 5 & 22 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Human Acts — Chapter I: On Free Acts, nn. 85 & 86 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Human Acts — Chapter III: On the Merit of the Human Act, nn. 197 & 198 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. II, Chapter I. On The Nature And Divisions Of Human Acts, n. 32 — 32. 4. A natural act and a supernatural act, according as it is elicited by natural powers alone (for example, to think, to speak) or is produced by the help of supernatural grace (for example, to elicit an act of contri… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, Third Part: On Human Acts …, First Question: On Merit, Especially Supernatural Merit, nn. ¶1, 190, 191, 192 & 193 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy
Chapter II: The Morality of Human Acts, nn. 58, ¶112, ¶113 & ¶114 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Merit — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Billuart, Summa Summae · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)