A Topic of Moral Theology

The Gifts of Understanding and Knowledge

The Gifts of Understanding and Knowledge, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 1. The Virtue of Faith).

In the index as Beatitudes · Gift · Gifts of the Holy Ghost · Intellect · Science · Faith · Fruits of the Holy Ghost · Knowledge · Understanding

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 1. The Virtue of Faith, The Gifts of Understanding and Knowledge, nn. 808, 809, 810 & 811 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Faith, Third Part: On the Habit o…, Question Four: On the Gifts Corresponding to Faith, nn. ¶1, 730, 731 & 732 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XXX: On the gift of understanding, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Q. XXX, Doubt I: Whether understanding is a gift of the Holy Ghost, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Q. XXX, Doubt II: Whether the gift of understanding can coexist with faith, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Q. XXX, Doubt III: Whether the gift of understanding consists in the contemplation of the Creator and of the creature, nn. 1–23 (23 passages)

Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Q. XXX, Doubt IV: Whether the gift of understanding is found in all who have grace, and whether in these alone, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Q. XXX, Doubt V: What is the necessity and utility of the gift of understanding, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XXXI: On the gift of knowledge, n. 1 — To faith also pertains the gift of science; since, indeed, faith in itself is obscure, indicating what is to be done, but not in all things how to act, this gratuitous Gift is given by the Holy Spirit, through which fait… Read in context →

Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Q. XXXI, Doubt I: Whether knowledge is a gift of the Holy Ghost, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Q. XXXI, Doubt II: Whether knowledge is concerned with divine things, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Q. XXXI, Doubt III: Whether the gift of knowledge is speculative, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Seven Gifts in Particular — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology — this work does not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so its treatment stands one heading up (ed.)