A Topic of Moral Theology

Sins against hope

Despair, presumption, aversion for God and heaven.

Also asked about as…

despair · losing hope · presuming on god's mercy · presumption (ed.)

In the index as Despair · Presumption · Hope · Desperation · Desire · Hatred · Pusillanimity · Sloth (acedia) · Flight · Love · Malice · Presumption against hope · Presumption of Self · Sadness · Thomas Aquinas, St. · Virtue of hope · Abomination · Ambition · Anger · Augustine, St. · Aversion for God · Bernard, St. · Boldness · Capital Vices

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part First. On the Precept…, Book Second. On the Precep…, Question Third. On Sins Against Hope, nn. 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 & 52 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. V, Pt. II, Chapter I. Nature of Hope, n. 3 — The chief sins against hope are despair, presumption, and aversion for God and heavenly things. Despair is a voluntary diffidence about obtaining heaven and the means necessary thereto. If it arises from mistrust of the … Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. I, Diss. II, Part II. On Sins Against Hope, nn. ¶1, 514 & 515 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 4. The Virtue of Hope, The Gift of Fear of the Lord, n. 1057 — The filial fear of God is identical with the Gift of fear of the Lord, spoken of in scripture: “He shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord” (Is., xi. 3). The function of the Gifts is to make the soul doci… Read in context →

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 4. The Virtue of Hope, The Sins Against Hope, nn. 1059–1091 (33 passages)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 7. The Sins Against L…, The Sin of Sloth, n. 1324 — Sins that Spring from Sloth. Sins that Spring from Sloth.—(a) To escape his sadness about divine things, the slothful man avoids or flees the things that sadden him—his last end (sin of despair) and the means thereto (sins of cowardice and carelessn… Read in context →

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 7. The Virtue of Fort…, Presumption, Ambition and Vanity, n. 2450 — Vices Opposed to Greatness of Soul by Excess. Vices Opposed to Greatness of Soul by Excess.—The vices opposed to greatness of soul by excess are such as desire great deeds, or honors, or fame, when or where or how they should not be desired. (a) Excessive desire of … Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On Human Acts, I. On the Nature of the Human Act, n. 17 — What are the acts of the will which consist in the pursuit of good and in flight from evil? - These acts of the will can be distinguished according as the passions of the sensitive appetite, to which they correspond, are… Read in context →

Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, V. On the Capital Vices, n. 344 — What are the daughters of acedia? - They are the following: 1. Malice, namely a special malice by which, by reason of sadness to be fled, someone hates and detests spiritual goods, and would wish them not to exist, or by… Read in context →

Vol. I, On the Precept of Hope, nn. 376 & 377 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)

32. On Sins Against Hope, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (9 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, Chapter II. On Hope, n. 215 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, On the Theological Virtues…, On the Virtue of Hope, nn. 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724 & 725 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. IV, Pt. I, Ch. II, Section 3: Sins Against Hope, nn. ¶1–¶16, ¶18, ¶19, ¶20, ¶21, ¶22, ¶23, ¶24, ¶25, ¶26 & ¶27 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. II, First Book: On the Theolog…, Tr. II, Title II: Sins Against Hope, nn. 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 & 68 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. VIII, Chapter III. On the vices and sins against theological hope, nn. 547, 548, 549 & 550 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. I, Tr. II, Chapter III: On Sins Opposed to Hope, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶462, ¶463 & ¶464 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Hope, Third Part: On Sins Oppose…, Question One: On Despair, nn. ¶1, 829, 830, 831 & 832 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Hope, Third Part: On Sins Oppose…, Question Two: On Presumption, nn. ¶1, 833, 834, 835, 836 & 837 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. V, Chapter II. On the Virtue of Hope, nn. 164, Q. 3 & 164, Q. 4 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Bk. III, Diss. I, Chapter XI — The notion, object, subject, precept of the theological virtue of hope, and the time at which its obligation presses, nn. VII & VIII (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. I, Disputation VI: On Despair, n. 1 — ALTHOUGH Hope is assailed in its ruin by Presumption as well as by Desperation, St. Chrysostom saying with the Seraphic Doctor, book 3, Pharetra, chapter 14: Excessive confidence overthrows one standing, and desperation … Read in context →

Tr. I, Disputation VI: On Despair, Sole Question: Of what power despair is an act, and what sin it is, nn. 1–22 (22 passages)

Tr. I, Disputation VII: On Presumption, n. 1 — PResumption is taken in various ways: and indeed among the Jurists, by interpreting, or consenting for the absent, or judging according to presumed causes, it signifies nothing illicit: but in the discipline of morals, o… Read in context →

Tr. I, Disputation VII: On Presum…, Sole Question: What presumption is, and what kind of sin, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

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

Vol. IV, Case LXXVI: Mistaken Idea of the Sin of Presumption, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4 & ¶5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Hope — Konings, Theologia Moralis · Billuart, Summa Summae · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)