The nature and authority of conscience

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J.

Vol. I, Bk. II, Chapter I. The Notion of Conscience, n. 1 — THE voice of conscience is the authoritative guide of man’s moral conduct. Not that the individual conscience is independent of all authority; if the individual conscience is right, it proclaims the duty of submitting to… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 5 passages

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On Preliminary Notions, n. 215 — The notions which recur most, and the prior exposition of which is of the greatest importance, are those of certainty, opinion, and doubt. For the sake of completeness we shall add some points concerning the notion of pr… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. II, Art. I, § II, Division, and Directive Force of Conscience Properly So Called, nn. 216, 217, 218 & 219 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 11 passages

Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Second Commentary: On Cons…, I. On the Nature of Conscience, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 4 passages

Vol. I, On Conscience, I. On the Nature of Conscience, nn. 95, 96, 97 & 98 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 3 passages

Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Conscience, nn. 350, 351 & 352 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 7 passages

Vol. I, Treatise IV: On Conscience, nn. ¶1, 338, 339, 340, 341 & 342 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Tr. IV, Title I: On Actual Conscience, n. ¶1 — Usefulness. - This whole title is most necessary in moral theology, since it explains the proximate rule upon which every moral judgment must rest.Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 3 passages

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract IV. On Conscience, Ch. I, Article I. On The Notion Of Conscience, nn. 301, 302 & 303 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 80 passages

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, Second Part: On Human Acts…, Section A: On the Morality…, Q. II, Article V: On the Apprehensive Faculty of Morality, nn. 135, 136 & 137 (46 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Conscience in…, First Question: On Moral Conscience According to Itself in Psychological Being, nn. ¶1, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203 & 204 (34 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P. — 10 passages

Bk. II, Diss. I, Chapter I — On Conscience, and its division, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX & X (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 16 passages

Slater, Cases I, Conscience, Case 1. The Authority of Conscience, nn. ¶1–¶16 (16 passages)

Moral Philosophy: Ethics, Deontology and Natural Law

Joseph Rickaby, S.J. — 13 passages

Pt. II, Ch. VIII, Section I. Of the Origin of Primary Moral Judgments, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Ch. VIII, Section II. Of the invariability of Primary Moral Judgments, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy

Charles Coppens, S.J.

Chapter III: Law the Rule of Human Acts, n. 95 — Article II. Conscience Applying the Moral Law.. 95\. Conscience is the human intellect applying the general principles of morals to individual acts. The term, as employed in Moral Philosophy, means not an examination into one's past deeds, but a judgment on acts about… Read in context →