A Topic of Moral Theology
The order of charity
God, self, neighbour; helping a neighbour in extreme spiritual need at the cost of life; the ranking of goods and persons.
The works themselves ask 21 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Also asked about as…
charity begins at home · whom to love first (ed.)
In the index as Charity · Order of charity · Necessity · Order to be observed in charity · Acts of charity · Neighbor · Charity toward oneself · Goods · Hatred · Joy · Almsgiving · Brothers and Sisters as regards mutual assistance · Charity toward neighbor · Charity, order of · Condemned propositions · Cruelty · Desire · Dilection · Friendship · How we must love our body · Kinsfolk · Love · Necessity of means, of precept · Necessity opposed to liberty
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. V, Pt. III, Chapter II. Well-Ordered Charity, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. I, Diss. III, Part V. On Order in the Cultivation of Charity, n. ¶1 — Preliminary Note. One can be loved before another in three ways: 1. intensively, when the will is borne toward one with a greater or more intense effort than toward another; 2. objectively, when we will a greater good to… Read in context →
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. I, Diss. III, Pt. V, Section II. On the Order of Charity Between Ourselves and Our Neighbors, n. 572 — I. If on each side there is question of spiritual goods, each person is bound to prefer himself to his neighbor, as follows: 1. Each person is bound to prefer himself to others with respect to those things necessary for … Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 5. The Virtue of Char…, The Order of Charity, nn. 1158–1182 (25 passages)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 6. The Effects of Charity, Almsgiving, n. 1247 — Since charity should be universal, no class of persons, such as strangers, unbelievers or sinners, may be excluded from the benefit of almsgiving (Matt, v. 45). However, charity is also well ordered, and hence there is a… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the Precept of Charity, II. On the Order of Charity, nn. 389, 390, 391, 392, 393 & 394 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. I, Treatise On Virtues, Ch. III, Art. II, § I, Point I. On the Precept of Charity Toward All in General, nn. 220, 221, 222 & 223 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, On the Theological Virtues…, On the Virtue of Charity, nn. 764, 765, 766, 767, 768, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815 & 816 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, First Book: On the Theolog…, Tr. III, Ch. I, Universality, and Order of Love or Friendship, nn. ¶1, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85 & 86 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract IX. On theological c…, Ch. III, Art. I, § 3. On the order of charity, nn. ¶90, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585 & 586 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. I, Tr. III, Ch. II, Article I: On the Order to Be Preserved in Charity, nn. ¶1, ¶479 & ¶480 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. I, Tr. III, Ch. II, Art. I, § 1. On the Order of Charity Between Ourselves and Neighbor, nn. ¶1, ¶481, ¶482 & ¶483 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. I, Tr. III, Ch. II, Art. I, § 2. On the Order of Charity Among Neighbors Themselves, n. ¶484 — 484. PRINCIPLES. I. With love of complacency, more excellent and holier creatures are to be loved before the rest. "He who is better," says St. Alphonsus with Busenbaum, "is to be loved more, and with that love which is … Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Charity, Second Part: On the Object…, Question Three: On the Order of Charity, nn. 901 & 902 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Charity, Second Part: On the Object…, Question Three: On the Ord…, Article II: On the Order Between Us and Neighbor, nn. ¶1, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909 & 910 (22 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Charity, On the Order and the Principal Act of Charity, which is Love, n. 1 — (St. Thomas, IIa IIae, qq. 26 and 27.)Read in context →
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Bk. III, Diss. III, Chapter III — On the divine precept by which we are commanded to love our neighbor with an internal act of charity, nn. I–XV (15 passages)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XXX: Whether there is order in charity, nn. 1–22 (22 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XL: Whether the order of charity is considered in the affection, and in the effect, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XLI: Whether the order of charity remains in heaven, nn. 1–22 (22 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Charity — Koch–Preuss · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases I · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · The Roman Catechism · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · St. Alphonsus, True Spouse · Rickaby, Four-Square — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)