A Topic of Moral Theology

The Circumstances

Circumstances of person, place, time, and manner: when they aggravate, lighten, or change the species of a sin.

Within this topic

In the index as Circumstances · Circumstance · Penance · Human act · Sins to be confessed · Circumstances of sin · Act · Actions · Confession · Marriage · Chastity · Circumstances: what they are, how many there are · Human Acts · Parish priest · Sacrilege · Scandal · Sin · Aggravating circumstances · Calumny · Children · Circumstances of act · Civil · Confessor · Custom

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. I, Ch. IV, Sect. II, Point III. The Circumstances, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. VI, Chapter IV. Confession, n. 3 — A full, entire, and specific confession of all the mortal sins which have been committed after Baptism is prescribed by divine law. According to the Council of Trent, “ If anyone saith that in the sacrament of Penance it… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. II, Chapter II. On Circumstances, nn. 67, 68 & 69 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § III, Point II. On the Scope of Material Integrity, n. 320 — II. Sins to be confessed must be declared according to: 1. the lowest moral species, at least known confusedly; 2. number; 3. certain circumstances; 4. the external act; 5. the effect, as will be explained. 1. The lowest… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On Human Acts, IV. On the Various Sources of Morality, nn. 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93 & 94 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, On the Precept of Charity, VI. On Scandal, n. 425 — How many kinds of scandal are there? - Scandal is one kind direct, another indirect, according as the ruin of neighbor, or sin, either is intended, or, although it is not intended, nevertheless is foreseen, at least in c… Read in context →

Vol. III, On Penance, V. On the Integrity of Confession, nn. 706, 707, 708, 709, 711, 712, 713, 714 & 715 (9 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)

10. On the Circumstances of Human Acts, nn. 1 & 2 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Commentaries on Human Acts (Commentarii de Actibus Humanis)

Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary XIII: On the Circumstances of Human Acts, nn. 1–18 (18 passages)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. I, Tr. II, Ch. III, § 3. On Circumstances, nn. 120 & 121 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. II, Ch. III, Art. II, § 2. On Circumstances, nn. 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119 & 120 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, First Part: On Human Acts …, Section A: On the Conditio…, Ch. II, Question II: On the Accidental Element or on Circumstances, nn. ¶1, 102, 103 & 104 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, Second Part: On Human Acts…, Section A: On the Morality…, Q. V, Article II: On Circumstances, nn. ¶1, 151, 152, 153 & 154 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, Second Part: On Human Acts…, Section B: On the Morality…, Question V: On the Goodness and Malice of Circumstances, nn. ¶1, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186 & 187 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. I, Ch. IV, Art. II, § II. On Circumstances, n. 26 — Circumstances are accidental determinations of an act, without which the act could exist as to substance, and which nevertheless in some way touch its morality. Seven classes of circumstances are numbered, expressed in t… Read in context →

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On Human Acts in Their Mor…, On the principles of morality, nn. 10–33 (24 passages)

Moral Philosophy: Ethics, Deontology and Natural Law

Pt. I, Ch. III, Section II. Of the determinants of morality in any given action, nn. 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (5 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, Ch. III, Art. II, § II. On Circumstances, n. 27 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Treatise on Human Acts, Ch. III, Art. II, § III. On the End, nn. 29 & 30 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Sources of Morality — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Koch–Preuss · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Coppens, Moral Philosophy — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)