A Topic of Moral Theology
Steadfastness, Effeminacy and Pertinacity
Steadfastness, Effeminacy and Pertinacity, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 7. The Virtue of Fortitude).
In the index as Fortitude · Beatitudes · Constancy · Gift · Inconstancy · Patience · Perseverance · Pertinacity · Presumption · Softness
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 7. The Virtue of Fort…, Steadfastness, Effeminacy and Pertinacity, n. 2456 — Steadfastness. Steadfastness.—Steadfastness is a virtue which is so devoted to the goodness of continuing in the right that it is not fatigued by the length of time or the repeated effort required for a good work (virtue of persistence… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Second Part: On the Virtue…, Question Four: On Perseverance and Constancy, nn. ¶1, 928, 929, 930, 931 & 932 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. V, Disputation II: On the Vir…, Question VIII: On the vices opposed to perseverance, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Perseverance — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)