A Topic of Moral Theology
The Habit of Faith
Faith as a habit infused with grace: its subject, its increase, and how it is lost.
The works themselves ask 9 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Faith · Certitude · Faith, habit and subject of · Faith, habit of · God · Hope · Increase · Loss · Necessity · The mean of the thing and of reason · Unformed faith · Unformed virtue · Vatican Council
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 1. The Virtue of Faith, The Habit of Faith, nn. 797, 798, 799, 800, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806 & 807 (11 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. 689, 690, 691, 692, 693 & 694 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VII. On theological …, Ch. I, Article II. On the virtue of theological faith, nn. ¶74, 492, 493 & 494 (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 One: On Faith Its…, Article I: On Faith Considered in Order to the Subject, nn. ¶1, 716, 717 & 718 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Faith, Third Part: On the Habit o…, Question One: On Faith Its…, Article II: On Faith Considered Relatively to the Supernatural Virtues, nn. ¶1 & 719 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Faith, Third Part: On the Habit o…, Question One: On Faith Its…, Article III: On Faith Considered Relatively to the Intellectual Habits, nn. ¶1, 720, 721 & 722 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Faith, Third Part: On the Habit o…, Question Two: On Those Having Faith, nn. ¶1, 723, 724 & 725 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Faith, Third Part: On the Habit o…, Question Three: On the Cause and Effects of Faith, nn. ¶1, 726, 727, 728 & 729 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Faith, On the Habit and Subject of Faith, n. 1 — (St. Thomas, qq. 4 et 5.)Read in context →
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Faith, On the Habit and Subject o…, On the habit of faith, nn. 1–20 (20 passages)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question X: Whether faith has grown as regards its light, nn. 1–19 (19 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XI: Whether faith has grown in certitude, nn. 1–17 (17 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XVIII: Whether faith resides in the intellect, nn. 1–44 (44 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XIX: Whether faith is perfected by charity, as by its form, nn. 1–24 (24 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XX: Whether it is certain that faith remains without charity, nn. 1–30 (30 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XXI: Whether, and how, faith is a virtue, nn. 1–20 (20 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XXII: Whether faith is one virtue, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XXIII: Whether faith is the first of the virtues, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XXIV: Whether faith is more certain than any science, or than any intellectual habit, nn. 1–22 (22 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XXV: Whether one can know with certainty that he has faith, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XXVI: In whom faith is found, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XXVII: Whether faith is a substantial gift of God, nn. 1–28 (28 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XXVIII: Whether the difference between faith and other acts, natural as opposed to supernatural moral acts, always arises from the object, nn. 1–31 (31 passages)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Bk. III, Diss. I, Chapter III — On Faith, and its division, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII & VIII (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Faith — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · 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 · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · 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.)