A Topic of Moral Theology
The Commandment of Love of God
Whether there is a special precept of loving God inwardly, and when it binds.
The works themselves ask 14 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Charity · Love of God · Love · Love of the world · Acts of charity · Earthly goods are vain · Act · Acts of religion (elicited, commanded) · Condemned propositions · Creatures · Delay · Desire · Dilection · Friendship · Hatred of God · Thoughts on God · World · Acts of theol. virtues · Benevolence, love of · Blindness · Charity, order of · Charity, precept of · Complacency · Ejaculations
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 9. The Sins Against B…, The Commandment of Love of God, nn. 1553, 1554, 1555, 1556, 1557, 1558, 1559 & 1560 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, On the Theological Virtues…, On the Virtue of Charity, nn. 758, 759, 760, 761, 762 & 763 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, First Book: On the Theolog…, Tr. III, Title II: On Charity as It Is Love of God, nn. ¶1, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 & 78 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract IX. On theological c…, Chapter I. On charity toward God, n. ¶84 — In this chapter we shall treat: 1. of the nature and properties of charity; 2. of the necessity of charity; 3. of the vices opposed to charity toward God.Read in context →
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. I, Tr. III, Chapter I: On Charity Toward God, nn. ¶1 & ¶2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. I, Tr. III, Ch. I, Article I: On the Nature of Charity, nn. ¶465, ¶466, ¶467 & ¶468 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. I, Tr. III, Ch. I, Article II: On the Necessity of Charity Toward God, nn. ¶469, ¶470, ¶471, ¶472 & ¶473 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. I, Tr. III, Ch. I, Article III: On Sins Opposed to Charity Toward God, nn. ¶1, ¶474 & ¶475 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Charity, Second Part: On the Object…, Question Two: On the Mater…, Article II: On Loving God, nn. ¶1, 884 & 885 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Charity, Fifth Part: On the Precept…, Single Question: On the Precepts Themselves of Dilection Toward God and Neighbor, nn. ¶1, 971, 972, 973, 974 & 975 (22 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. V, Ch. III, Article I. On Love of God, nn. 166, 167 & 167, Q. 2 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Charity, On the Order and the Princ…, Whether, and in what sense, it is lawful to love God and serve him for the sake of reward?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Charity, On the Order and the Princ…, On the precept of charity, nn. 1–26 (26 passages)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Bk. III, Diss. II, Chapter I — A census of the proscribed propositions, nn. I, II & III (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Bk. III, Diss. II, Chapter II — An inventory of propositions which seem lax, nn. I, II, III, IV, V & VI (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Bk. III, Diss. II, Chapter III — The notion, object, prerogatives, and precept of theological charity, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX & X (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Bk. III, Diss. II, Chapter IV — The times are designated at which this precept of loving God presses, nn. I–XVII (17 passages)
Bk. III, Diss. II, Chapter V — Consequences, which urge the exercises and offices of the theological virtues, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII & XIII (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XLIV: Whether God ought, and can, be loved in this life with the whole heart, the whole soul, the whole mind, and all one's strength, nn. 1–32 (32 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XLV: Whether some measure is to be kept in divine love, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XLVIII: Whether a man established in however small a charity is bound to undergo death for Christ, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question L: How, and when, the precept of the love of God binds, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question LI: Whether a man is bound at the first instant of the use of reason to turn to God, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)
The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion
Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, III. THE PRECEPT OF THE LOVE OF GOD, nn. ¶1–¶23, ¶25, ¶26, ¶27, ¶28, ¶29, ¶30, ¶31 & ¶32 (31 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, IV. THE LOVE OF THE WORLD IS OPPOSED TO THE LOVE OF GOD, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy
Chapter II: Our Duties to God, nn. 140 & 141 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Apology for the Doctrine of the Jesuits
Daniel, Apology for the Jesuits, Sentiments of the Fathers of the Society of Jesus on the Precept of the Love of God, nn. ¶47–¶84 (38 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Charity — 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 · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Slater, Cases I · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · The Roman Catechism · St. Alphonsus, True Spouse · Rickaby, Four-Square — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)