A Topic of Moral Theology
The Existence of the Last End
That every deliberate act is done for an end, and that there is a last end of man.
In the index as End · End of a moral act · Beatitude · Beatitude of the other life · Glory of God · God · Epikeia, broadly and strictly so called · Good, true · Human acts · Last End of Man · Last end · Will
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book First. On The Ultimat…, First Question. On The Ultimate End Itself, nn. 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. I, Art. 1. The Last End of Man, The Existence of the Last End, n. 19 — Existence of the Last End. (Summa Theologica, I-II, qq. 1-5; Contra Gentes, IV, cc. 1-63.) Existence of the Last End.—Every deliberate act proceeds from the will, and, since the will pursues good as its goal, it follows that every deliberate act i… Read in context →
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Treatise I. On The Last End Of Man, n. 20 — 20. God is the last end of man and of his acts, so that man is bound to tend toward God and to glorify Him. Proof. We presuppose, both from sound philosophy and from Catholic faith, that a personal God, infinitely perfec… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On the Last End …, Question Two: On Objective Beatitude, nn. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 & 29 (41 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy
Chapter I: The End to Which Human Acts are to be Directed, nn. 6, 7, 8, 9, ¶23, 10, 11 & 12 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Last End of Man (Beatitude) — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)