A Topic of Moral Theology
The acts elicited by the will
The acts elicited by the will, as treated in Billuart (On Human Acts Taken Specifically).
The works themselves ask 5 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Elicited act · Counsel · Command · Fruition · Intention · Will · Hatred · Use · Choice · Consent · Desire · Love · Elicited voluntary · Hope · Human act · Joy · Sadness · Delight · Fear · Act · Acts of the will, elicited · Analysis · Anger · Consent of the will
In the manuals
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Commentaries on Human Acts (Commentarii de Actibus Humanis)
Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary III: On Elicited and Commanded Acts of the Will, nn. 1–55, 54, 55 & 56 (65 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 Human Acts, Chapter I. On the Notion of Human Acts, n. 2 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. II, Chapter I. On The Nature And Divisions Of Human Acts, n. 29 — 29. Divisions. Of human acts one is: 1. An elicited act and a commanded act. This division occurs very often in Moral Theology, but it is not explained by all in the same way. We call an act elicited which is produced im… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, First Part: On Human Acts …, Section B: On the Distinction of Human Acts, n. 105 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, First Part: On Human Acts …, Section B: On the Distinct…, Question I: On Elicited Acts, nn. ¶1, 106, 107 & 108 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On Human Acts Taken Specif…, On the acts elicited by the will, nn. 1–21 (21 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Human Acts — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910) · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases I · Rickaby, Four-Square — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)