A Topic of Moral Theology
The Comparison of Sins with One Another
The Comparison of Sins with One Another, as treated in Billuart (On Sins).
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Sin · Sins, comparison of · Circumstance · Connection of virtues · Object of the human act
In the manuals
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Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Sins in General, First Part: On Sin Accordi…, Third Question: On the Comparison and Gravity of Sins, nn. ¶1, 441, 442, 443, 444 & 445 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Sins, On the Comparison of Sins with One Another, n. 1 — false, and if taken only as the effect of an angry mind belching forth indifferently whatever occurs, as often happens among quarreling women, they seem to be one sin, since there is no injury of honor or of fame, but ea… Read in context →
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Sins, On the Comparison of Sins …, Whether all sins are connected with one another, and equal?, nn. 1–17 (17 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Sins, On the Comparison of Sins …, Whence is the inequality of sins taken?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Sin — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, On Forbidden Books · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis and 4 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)