A Topic of Moral Theology
What hope is and its necessity
The works themselves ask 6 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Hope · Virtue of hope · Fear · God · Necessity · Presumption · Promise of God · Quietism · Act · Certainty · Charity · Commandments · Delay · Desperation · Fear of hell · Gratuitous love of virtue · Hope, necessity of · Human Acts · Imprecation · Love · Love of beatitude · Mean · Precept · Summaries
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. V, Pt. II, Chapter I. Nature of Hope, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. III, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. I, Ch. II, Article II. On the Theological Virtue of Hope, nn. ¶1, 359, 360, 361 & 362 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 4. The Virtue of Hope, Definition, nn. 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016 & 1017 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 4. The Virtue of Hope, The Commandments of Hope and of Fear, nn. 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103 & 1104 (13 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 the Theological Virtues, n. 376 — Necessity of Hope. “7. The soul ought not to think either of punishment, or of paradise, or of hell, or of death, or of eternity. — 12. He who has given his free will to God ought to take care for nothing, neither for hell nor for paradise… Read in context →
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. I, Treatise On Virtues, Chapter II. On Hope, nn. 211 & 212 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, On the Theological Virtues…, On the Virtue of Hope, nn. 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 710, 711, 712, 713, 726, 727, 728 & 729 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. IV, Pt. I, Ch. II, Sect. 1, Object, and Necessity of Hope, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, First Book: On the Theolog…, Treatise II: On Hope, n. ¶1 — Utility. - From this treatise the moral theologian chiefly has to gather arguments for raising and increasing the souls of the faithful by perpetual hope and confidence, and criteria by which true despair and presumption… Read in context →
Vol. II, First Book: On the Theolog…, Tr. II, Tit. I, Necessity, and Use of Hope, nn. 57, 58, 59 & 60 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. VIII, Chapter I. On the nature of theological hope, n. 534 — 534. Definition. The theological virtue of hope can be defined: a virtue of the will divinely infused, by which with certain confidence on account of the omnipotence of God assisting, we await and pursue both eternal bea… Read in context →
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. VIII, Ch. I, Article I. On the object of theological hope, nn. 535, 536 & 537 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. VIII, Ch. I, Article II. On the subject of theological hope, nn. 538, 539 & 540 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. VIII, Ch. I, Article III. On the properties of theological hope, nn. 541 & 542 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. VIII, Chapter II. On the necessity of theological hope, nn. ¶82, 543, 544, 545 & 546 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Hope, First Part: On the Object …, Question One: On the Formal Object of Hope, nn. ¶1, 799, 800, 801 & 802 (22 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Hope, First Part: On the Object …, Question Two: On the Material Object of Hope, nn. ¶1, 803, 804, 805, 806 & 807 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Hope, First Part: On the Object …, Question Three: On the Necessity of Hope, nn. 808 & 809 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Hope, Fourth Part: On the Precep…, Single Question: On the Precept of Hope Itself, nn. ¶1, 838, 839, 840 & 841 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. V, Chapter II. On the Virtue of Hope, nn. 162 & 163 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Hope, On Hope, On the necessity of hope, nn. 1–14 (14 passages)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Bk. III, Diss. I, Chapter XI — The notion, object, subject, precept of the theological virtue of hope, and the time at which its obligation presses, n. IV — IV. Question II. Is there a precept of hope? Answer. All affirm it, and the holy Scriptures perspicuously impose it. Hope in the Lord. Nay, as the Prophet adds, the life of the faithful is a life of hope: For thou, O Lor… Read in context →
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation IV: On Hope, Question I: What hope is, nn. 1–14 (14 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation IV: On Hope, Question II: What the material object of hope is, nn. 1–20 (20 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation IV: On Hope, Question III: What the formal object of hope is, nn. 1–26 (26 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation IV: On Hope, Question IV: Whether a certain object is set forth for hope, and is hoped for, nn. 1–23 (23 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation IV: On Hope, Question V: Whether hope is a virtue, nn. 1–22 (22 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation IV: On Hope, Question VI: Whether hope is a theological virtue, nn. 1–20 (20 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation IV: On Hope, Question VII: Whether hope is at times formless, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation IV: On Hope, Question VIII: Whether hope arises from merits, nn. 1–26 (26 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation IV: On Hope, Question IX: Whether hope precedes charity, nn. 1–22 (22 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation IV: On Hope, Question X: What the proximate subject of hope is, nn. 1–21 (21 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation IV: On Hope, Question XI: Whether hope remains in the blessed, nn. 1–46 (46 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation IV: On Hope, Question XII: Whether there is a precept of hoping in God, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation IV: On Hope, Q. XII, Sole Doubt: Whether this precept would bind one to whom certain damnation had been revealed, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Hope — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)