A Topic of Moral Theology
Purity of Intention
Doing all for God: the intention that makes an ordinary act meritorious, and the motives that spoil it.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
doing things for god · human respect · right intention (ed.)
In the index as INTENTION: the good intention gives value to acts · Efficacy of intention · Act · End · Christ's connatural glorification through our acts · God · Moral value of offerings · Adam · Another's action, how it is imputed · Attrition · CONFORMITY to the will of God · Delight · Delight: what it is · EXAMPLE: we should profit by the good example and give it to others · Faith · Fear · Idle act · Intention · Love · Necessities · Necessity · Pleasure · Purity of intention · Relation
In the manuals
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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. 79 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. I, Tr. II, Tit. V, Art. II, § 2, Purity, and Efficacy of Formal Intention, nn. 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154 & ¶1 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. II, Ch. III, Art. II, § 3. On the End, n. 125 — 125. Principle 3. Man is bound to set before himself in all his actions an honorable end, which at least implicitly is referred to God; but it is not licit to act for pleasure alone. The stated principle responds to the … Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, Second Part: On Human Acts…, Section A: On the Morality…, Q. V, Article III: On the End, nn. 158 & 159 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. IV, The Fourth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer: “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”, n. ¶3 — Means Of Ascertaining Purity Of Intention In Offering This Petition. A sure standard for judging what petition is good, and what bad, is the purpose and intention of the petitioner. Thus if a person prays for temporal blessings under the impression that they constitute the sovereign good,… Read in context →
The True Spouse of Jesus Christ
Chapter XIX: Purity of Intention, nn. ¶2508, ¶2517, ¶2521, ¶2524, ¶2536 & ¶2548 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Questions of Moral Theology
Slater, Questions, Some Questions Concerning Intention, nn. ¶605, ¶606, ¶607, ¶608, ¶609, ¶610, ¶612, ¶613, ¶614, ¶615, ¶616, ¶617, ¶618, ¶619, ¶620 & ¶621 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The End — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)