A Topic of Moral Theology

Sobriety

Moderation in drink; drunkenness opposed.

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moderation in drinking (ed.)

In the index as Sobriety · Temperance · Drunkenness · Alcoholism · Chastity · Modesty · Continence · Euthanasia · Meekness · Abstemiousness · Abstinence · Clemency · Cruelty · Curiosity · Decency · Eutrapelia · Greed in eating · Humility · Insensibility · Narcotic remedies · Narcotics · Petulance · Savagery · Shamefacedness

In the manuals

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. III, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. IV, § II, Point II. On Sobriety, nn. 438, 439 & 440 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, The Parts of Temperance, n. 2465 — The Parts of Temperance. The Parts of Temperance.—(a) The subjective parts or species of temperance are two, since there are two distinct objects of the virtue. These objects are the two delights of touch that are ruled by the virtue, namely, th… Read in context →

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Sobriety, nn. 2474 & 2475 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, The Sins Against Sobriety, n. 2476 — The Sins against Sobriety. The Sins against Sobriety.—(a) The sin of excess may be called, for want of a special name, over-sobriety. It is committed by those who condemn all liking for or enjoyment of intoxicants as intrinsically evil (e.g., the … Read in context →

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Drunkenness, nn. 2478 & 2485 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, V. On the Capital Vices, n. 332 — What is drunkenness? - The malice of drunkenness is in the voluntary privation, by an artificial, unnatural, and violent mode through immoderate intoxicating drink, of the use of reason, not merely negatively, as in slee… Read in context →

Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, VI. On Virtues, n. 349 — What is temperance, what are its parts, and what vices are opposed to it? - R. To the first. Temperance is the virtue which moderates concupiscence and delight of sensible goods, especially in the delights of taste and t… Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XIII, Ch. III, Art. III, That Is, Drunkenness, nn. 668, 669, 670, 671, 672 & 673 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: On the Virtue …, Question One: On Sobriety in Itself, nn. ¶1, 981, 982, 983 & 984 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. VI, Disputation I: On the Virt…, Question VII: On sobriety, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion

Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, B. GOOD WORKS, VIRTUE, SIN, VICE, VIII. THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL …, 9. TEMPERANCE IN EATING AND DRINKING, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5 & ¶6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Temperance — Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · Rickaby, Four-Square — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)