A Topic of Moral Theology

The Commandment of Internal Acts of Faith

When the internal act of faith is commanded, and how often it must be renewed.

In the index as Faith · Communication · Assistance · Heretics · Profession · Cooperation · Diocesan Synod · Human Acts · Masonic Sect · Necessity · Precept of internal faith · Profession of Faith · Those Silent · A creed of faith · Abbot nullius · Baptism · Communication in sacred things · Confessor · Counsel · Decalogue · Delay · Denial · Divine faith · Driver

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part First. On the Precept…, Book First. On the Precept…, Question Second. On the Ne…, Article Third. On the Precept of Internal Faith, nn. 13, 14 & 15 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 3. The Commandments o…, The Commandment of Internal Acts of Faith, nn. 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936 & 937 (13 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)

26. On the Obligation of Internal Faith, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, On the Theological Virtues…, On the Virtue of Faith, nn. 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646 & 647 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VII. On theological …, Ch. II, Art. II, § 1. On the internal act of faith by precept, nn. ¶79, 500, 501, 502 & 503 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Faith, Fifth Part: On the Precept…, Single Question: On the Precept of Faith Itself, nn. ¶1, 789, 790, 791, 792 & 793 (31 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. V, Ch. I, Article I. On Necessity, nn. 152, 153, 153, Q. 2, 153, Q. 3, 153, Q. 4 & 154 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Faith, On the Internal and External Act of Faith, n. 1 — (St. Thomas, qq. 2 et 3.)Read in context →

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Faith, On the Internal and Extern…, The remaining difficulties concerning the internal act of faith are weighed, nn. 1–32 (32 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Faith — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Koch–Preuss · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases I · The Roman Catechism · Spirago · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · Slater, Back to Morality and 3 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)