Temptation to Sin

The sources of temptation and the occasions of sin, and what must be done about each.

The works themselves ask 4 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

In the index as Temptation · Concupiscence · Sin · Devil · Occasions of sin · Paul, St. · Temptations · Impurity · Temptation to sin · Augustine, St. · Prayer · Adam · Christ · Demon · Flight · James, St. · Judas · Resistance to temptation · Thomas Aquinas, St. · Voluntary · Will · *Causae occasionales peccati* · Abraham · Ananias and Saphira

In the manuals

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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 3 passages

Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book Sixth. On Sins., Question Fifth. On the Ori…, Article First. On Temptation to Sin., nn. 322, 323 & 324 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. — 21 passages

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. II, Art. 3. Bad Habits, or Vices, The Causes of Sin, nn. 252–267 (16 passages)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Temptations to Impurity, nn. 2497, 2498, 2499, 2500 & 2501 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 5 passages

Vol. I, On Human Acts, I. On the Nature of the Human Act, n. 13 — "It follows that, when a grave temptation has arisen, and after the sensitive appetite, concupiscible, venereal, or irascible, is vehemently excited by phantasy or from elsewhere, then, I say, acts of a threefold kind ca… Read in context →

Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, I. On the Nature of Sin, nn. 295, 296 & 297 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, III. On Sins of Lust Against Nature, n. 821 — Is someone bound by positive effort to impede depraved motions of concupiscence involuntarily arisen? R. Negatively; nor indeed is this expedient, since then the imagination itself grows hot by the very strain, and by th… Read in context →

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 6 passages

Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Sins and Vices, nn. 443, 444, 445, 446, 447 & 448 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss — 17 passages

Vol. II, Pt. I, Ch. I, Section 4: Temptations and Occasions of Sin, nn. ¶1–¶17 (17 passages)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 6 passages

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract V. On Sins In General, Ch. V, Article II. On temptations to sin, nn. ¶57, 385, 386, 387, 388 & 389 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 56 passages

Ch. III, Question I: Concerning the Pious and Devout, nn. ¶2667, ¶2668, ¶2669, ¶2670, ¶2671, ¶2672, ¶2673, ¶2674, ¶2675, ¶2676, ¶2677, ¶2678 & ¶2679 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. III, Question III: Concerning Those Tempted, nn. ¶2771–¶2813 (43 passages)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 26 passages

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Sins in General, Second Part: On the Causes…, Second Question: On the Ex…, Article II: On the Devil Tempting, nn. ¶1, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485 & 486 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion

Francis Spirago; edited by Richard F. Clarke, S.J. — 14 passages

Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, B. GOOD WORKS, VIRTUE, SIN, VICE, VI. TEMPTATION, nn. ¶1–¶14 (14 passages)

Treated under the broader heading The Causes of Sin — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)