Occasions of Sin

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 2 passages

Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book Sixth. On Sins., Question Fifth. On the Ori…, Article Second. On the Danger of Sin., nn. 325 & 326 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. I, Bk. III, Chapter VI. The Obligation of Law, n. 5 — A law imposes in the first place an obligation on those subject to it to inform themselves of its existence and provisions, for it imposes the duty of observing it, and this cannot be done unless the terms are known; kno… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. VI, Ch. XII, Section II. The Confessor as Physician of Souls, n. 3 — An occasion of sin is an external circumstance which leads one to commit sin. It is a proximate occasion if, when a person is placed in it, it leads him to commit sin oftener than not; otherwise it is remote. It is a nec… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 4 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. IV, Article I. On Those in Occasions in General, nn. 455, 456, 457 & 462 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P.

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. II, Art. 3. Bad Habits, or Vices, The Causes of Sin, n. 263 — The Occasions of Sin are external circumstances—persons, places or things—which tempt one to sin. Examples: Persons who invite others to defraud and show how it can be accomplished, theatres where irreligious plays are s… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 6 passages

Vol. I, On Laws, IV. On the Obligation of Law, n. 209 — Does every law forbid one to expose oneself to an occasion of transgressing it? - A law which commands or prohibits something also implicitly commands one to avoid proximate occasions, and prohibits one from exposing one… Read in context →

Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, IV. On the Gravity of Sin, n. 318 — In what ways does venial sin become mortal per accidens? 1. By reason of erroneous conscience, as is clear. 2. By reason of an attached end gravely evil, as if someone lies lightly in order to commit fornication. But it … Read in context →

Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, V. On the Capital Vices, n. 337 — Is it licit to induce someone to drunkenness, so that he may be impeded from a graver evil, e.g., from committing sacrilege or homicide? - The first opinion affirms it, because this is to diminish an evil which otherwise… Read in context →

Vol. I, On the Precept of Charity, VI. On Scandal, nn. 435 & 436 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, On Penance, XII. On the Various Duties of the Minister, n. 809 — What of those habituated to sin, those in occasions of sin, and recidivists? What of absolution to be given, denied, or deferred to them? - The diseases of the soul are sins, and their causes are contracted habits, occas… Read in context →

Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J.

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Sins, n. 318 — Occasion of Sin. “62. A proximate occasion of sin is not to be fled when some useful or honorable cause for not fleeing it occurs. — 63. It is lawful directly to seek a proximate occasion of sin for our own spiritual or temporal good, or… Read in context →

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 4 passages

Vol. II, Supplement: On the Virtue of Chastity, nn. 63, 64, 65 & 66 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss — 17 passages

Vol. II, Pt. I, Ch. I, Section 4: Temptations and Occasions of Sin, nn. ¶1–¶17 (17 passages)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 8 passages

Vol. I, Tr. V, Title V: The Flight from Sin, nn. ¶1, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456 & 457 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 103 passages

Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, I. Questions Concerning Ch…, On Chastity and Lust, Question Seven: Concerning the Causes and Remedies of Lust, nn. ¶446, ¶455 & ¶456 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. I, Question V: Concerning Those in Occasions of Sin, nn. ¶2094–¶2119, ¶2135, ¶2136, ¶2137, ¶2138 & ¶2139 (31 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. II, Question III: Concerning Adolescents and Young Persons, nn. ¶2267 & ¶2268 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. III, Question VI: Concerning the Worldly, nn. ¶2933–¶2999 (67 passages)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Clement Marc, C.SS.R. — 28 passages

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. IV, Chapter VI: On the Danger of Sinning, nn. ¶1, ¶373, ¶374, ¶375, ¶376, ¶2, ¶3, ¶377 & ¶378 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, CHAPTER IV: On the Dangers of Chastity, nn. ¶1, ¶824, ¶2, ¶825, ¶826, ¶827, ¶828, ¶3, ¶829, ¶830, ¶831, ¶832, ¶833, ¶4, ¶834, ¶835, ¶836, ¶5 & ¶837 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Anthony Konings, C.SS.R. — 23 passages

Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE SACRAMENT …, PART THIRD: ON THE MINISTE…, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the Manner of Acting with Various Kinds of Penitents, nn. ¶1429, ¶1430, ¶1431, ¶1432, ¶1433, ¶1434, ¶1435, ¶1436, ¶1437, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶16, ¶18, ¶1454, ¶22, ¶1464, ¶1465, ¶23, ¶1466, ¶1467, ¶1468 & ¶1469 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 47 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fifth Part: On the Subject…, Question Two: On the Requi…, Article II: On Occasionaries, nn. 663, 664, 665, 666, 667 & 668 (47 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P.

Diss. I, Chapter X — The conditions of the purpose necessary for Confession, n. XVII — XVII. QUESTION VII. What is a near occasion, and ought a penitent to have a purpose of avoiding it? ANSWER. That is called a near occasion which, the whole complex of circumstances being regarded, gravely allures to faul… Read in context →

The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology

Various; ed. S. Woywod, O.F.M., and J. A. McHugh, O.P. — 42 passages

Vol. I, Case LXVIII: The Near Occasion with Relation to Company-Keeping, nn. ¶1–¶42 (42 passages)

The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion

Francis Spirago; edited by Richard F. Clarke, S.J. — 26 passages

Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, B. GOOD WORKS, VIRTUE, SIN, VICE, VII. OCCASIONS OF SIN, nn. ¶1–¶26 (26 passages)

You and Yours: Practical Talks on Home Life

Martin J. Scott, S.J. — 77 passages

Scott, You and Yours, VIII: Dangers to Young Men, nn. ¶341–¶369 & ¶371–¶384 (43 passages)

Scott, You and Yours, XIII: Amusements, nn. ¶560–¶593 (34 passages)

Public School Education

Michael Müller, C.SS.R. — 243 passages (filed under the subtopics)

CHAPTER III. Origin of the Public School System, nn. ¶1–¶62 (62 passages)

CHAPTER IV. Expose of the Public School System, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

CHAPTER V. Evil Consequences of the Public School System on the Male Portion of Society, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4 & ¶5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

CHAPTER VI. Evil Consequences of the Public School System on the Female Portion of Society, nn. ¶1–¶36 (36 passages)

CHAPTER VIII. Evil Consequences of the Public School System Continued, nn. ¶1–¶22 (22 passages)

CHAPTER XIII. The Catholic Priest on the Public School System, nn. ¶1–¶56 (56 passages)

CHAPTER XIV. Answers to Objections, nn. ¶1–¶51 (51 passages)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 48 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Slater, Cases I, The Fourth Commandment, Case 5. Catholics at Non-catholic Secondary Schools, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases I, The Sixth Commandment, Case 1. Lectio Periculosa, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases I, The Sixth Commandment, Case 2. Lectio Librorum Romanticorum, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases I, The Sixth Commandment, Case 3. Visitationes Sponsorum, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Guide for Catholic Young Women

George Deshon, C.S.P. — 87 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Chapter LXXIV: Whether to Marry or Not, nn. ¶890, ¶891, ¶892, ¶894, ¶895, ¶896, ¶897, ¶898, ¶899, ¶900, ¶901, ¶902, ¶903, ¶904 & ¶905 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Chapter LXXV: Continuation, nn. ¶906–¶919 (14 passages)

Chapter LXXVI: Great Need of Prudence, nn. ¶920, ¶921, ¶922, ¶923, ¶924, ¶925 & ¶926 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Chapter LXXVII: What Intimacies to Form, nn. ¶927, ¶928, ¶929, ¶930, ¶931, ¶932, ¶933, ¶934, ¶936, ¶937, ¶938, ¶939, ¶940, ¶941 & ¶942 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Chapter LXXIX: Behavior During Courtship, nn. ¶954–¶971 (18 passages)

Chapter LXXX: Continuation, nn. ¶972–¶989 (18 passages)

Treatise on Christian Marriage

Dominic Palmieri, S.J. — 23 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Bk. IX, Chapter 12, n. ¶829 — Since marriages with persons of the lowest rank were prohibited to Roman matrons of a certain more eminent dignity, so that those unions were not reckoned by the law except as concubinage, Callistus, that he might provid… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 400, nn. ¶1019 & ¶1020 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Letter of Leo, to…, Bishop of Narbonne, A.D. 458 or 459, nn. ¶1078, ¶1079 & ¶1080 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 589, n. ¶1187 — Canon XIV. At the suggestion of the council, our most glorious Lord (King Reccared) ordered this to be inserted in the canons, that it is not lawful for Jews to have Christian wives or concubines.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 638, n. ¶1237 — For he responded to the inquiry "concerning those who after penance take wives or join concubines to themselves." Rather they could have appealed to Canon XXI of the second Council of Arles, A.D. 451, above.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Vermer…, A.D. 753, nn. ¶1338 & ¶1339 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Roman Synod of Eu…, A.D. 826, n. ¶1455 — Canon XXXVII. It is lawful for no one to have two wives at one time, or a wife and a concubine ... For just as Christ observes the Church chaste, so the husband ought to guard chaste marriage.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Constitutions of …, Bishop of Constantinople, who Died A.D. 828, n. ¶1459 — From the fourth Sylloge of Canons. Canon XXXIV. If anyone, having obtained a concubine, does not wish either to dismiss her or to have her blessed and to have her rightly with the sacrament, it is not fitting that those … Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Assembly of Mainz, Of Several Bishops, Rabanus Presiding, Under Louis, King of Germany, A.D. 851, nn. ¶1495, ¶1497 & ¶1498 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Epistle of Nichol…, Archbishop of Vienne, A.D. 862, nn. ¶1502 & ¶1504 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Epistle of the Sa…, Archbishop of Auch, and Hi…, A.D. 879, n. ¶1546 — He adds after a few words. This also, together with them (namely, with the Fathers), we likewise command: that no one leave his own wife and, while she is living, presume to associate another to himself; nor is it lawful… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Troyes, A.D. 1007, nn. ¶1567 & ¶1568 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Girona…, A.D. 1068, n. ¶1604 — Canon VII. From presbyter down to subdeacon, if they have led a wife or retained a concubine, let them go out from the clergy and lose every ecclesiastical benefice, and remain in the Church with the laity. But if they h… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the First Lateran Cou…, Ecumenical, A.D. 1123, nn. ¶1637 & ¶1638 (2 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. — 38 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Ch. I, Article IV: On Theaters, n. 16 — 16. From those things which were said in the two preceding articles, judgment can be borne concerning theaters, namely whether those who are present at theaters sin. For if they sin, they can sin only on account of base … Read in context →

Ch. I, Article XI: On Dances, nn. 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 & 41 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. II, Article II: On Concubinage and Prostitution, nn. 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 & 56 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 2 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, Ch. I, Article IV. On Impure Speech and Readings, nn. 287 & 288 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Gaudentius Bontempi of Brescia, O.F.M. Cap. — 29 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Tr. VI, Disputation II: On the Vic…, Q. III, Doubt III: On fornication, Subdoubt I: On concubinage, nn. 1–29 (29 passages)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 16 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. I, Treatise On Virtues, Ch. III, Art. II, § III, Point I. On Scandal, nn. 242 & 243 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, Ch. I, Article III. On Immodest Conversations and Readings, nn. 419 & 420 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

On Chastity and on the Contrary Vices: A Doctrinal and Moral Treatise

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 21 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Ch. IV, Art. II, § 4. On Theatrical Performances, nn. 408, ¶2126, ¶2127, ¶2128, 409, ¶2129, ¶2130, ¶2131, 410 & ¶2132 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Art. II, § 5. On Dances, nn. 411, ¶2133, ¶2134, ¶2135, ¶2136, ¶2137, ¶2138, ¶2139, ¶2140, ¶2141 & ¶2142 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 4 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VII. On theological …, Ch. III, Art. III, § 2. On attendance at non-Catholic schools, nn. ¶80, 528 & 529 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract IX. On theological c…, Ch. III, Art. III, § 1. On scandal, n. 615 — 615. 3. Dances and spectacles, although in themselves they are something indifferent, are nevertheless very frequently accustomed to produce grave scandals and to be proximate occasions of sinning gravely. Certainly it i… Read in context →