A Topic of Moral Theology
Silence and the Custody of the Tongue
When to be silent and when to speak: the harm of unguarded talk, and silence as a means of recollection.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
keeping silence · talking too much (ed.)
In the index as TONGUE: evil caused by speaking too much · MENTAL PRAYER, its moral necessity · PARLOR, behavior while in it · RECREATION: modesty in conversation · SILENCE, its advantages · SOLITUDE: love of solitude
In the manuals
The True Spouse of Jesus Christ
Ch. XVI, Solitude, and the Presence of God, nn. ¶2110, ¶2111, ¶2112, ¶2116, ¶2117, ¶2125, ¶2126, ¶2129, ¶2131, ¶2132, ¶2133, ¶2135, ¶2139, ¶2147, ¶2148, ¶2149, ¶2150, ¶2151, ¶2152, ¶2153, ¶2154, ¶2155, ¶2156, ¶2159, ¶2163, ¶2165, ¶2166, ¶2167, ¶2168 & ¶2169 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Modesty — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, On Chastity · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)