A Topic of Moral Theology

The Internal Acts of Religion

The Internal Acts of Religion, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 5. The Quasi-integral and Potential Parts of Justice; the Virtue of Religion and the Opposite Vices).

In the index as Relics (Reliquiae) · Worship (Cultus) · Images (Imagines) · Religion (Religio) · Sacred things (Res sacrae) · Sacred place (Locus Sacer) · Baptismal Water (Aqua baptismalis) · Chalice (Calix) · Cross (Crux) · Dulia · Holy Oils (Olea Sacra) · Hyperdulia · Latria (Latria) · Liturgical action (Liturgica Actio) · Liturgical words (Liturgica Verba) · Paraments (Paramenta) · Precepts (Praecepta) · Tabernacle (Tabernaculum) · Virtue (Virtus)

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 5. The Quasi-integral…, The Internal Acts of Religion, n. 2149 — The Internal Acts of Religion. The Internal Acts of Religion.—These internal acts are offerings made to God of the worship of the soul itself, and they may be reduced chiefly to two: (a) devotion, which is the offering of the will and the highest act … Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Chapter II. On the Acts of the Virtue of Religion, n. ¶55 — The principal acts of religion are devotion, prayer, adoration, sacrifice, the use of the sacraments, a vow, an oath, adjuration, and the sanctification of certain days. Sacrifice and the sacraments will be discussed in … Read in context →

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. I, Art. I, OR ON WORSHIP, nn. ¶322, ¶323, ¶324, ¶325, ¶326, ¶327, ¶328 & ¶329 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section B: On the Acts of Religion, n. 655 — 655. Matter to be treated. Among the elicited acts of religion: 1. some are principally interior, by which we exhibit our will or mind to God: devotion and prayer; 2. others are principally exterior, by which either a) t… Read in context →

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. III, Disputation I: On Religion…, Question V: How widely the acts of religion extend, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Four-Square; or, The Cardinal Virtues

Rickaby, Four-Square, IX. The Virtue of Religion, nn. ¶94 & ¶95 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Virtue of Religion — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Religion & Human Interests — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)