A Topic of Moral Theology
The Last End of Man (Beatitude)
The end in general; God the last end; beatitude; that man always acts for an end.
The works themselves ask 10 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Also asked about as…
final end · happiness · heaven as our goal · meaning of life · purpose of life (ed.)
In the index as End · Beatitude · Happiness · Definition of moral theology · Glory · God · Goods · Heaven · Human Act · Aristotle · Beatific vision · Beatitude of man · Delight · End in view · Free · Man's beatitude consists not in created goods · Natural · Subject of dispensation · Systems of independent ethics are set forth · The moral system of Kantism is set forth · The natural and supernatural order · Whence moral goodness comes · Appetite · Bain, Alexander
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Treatise I. On the Final End of Man, n. ¶1 — We shall deal first with the end in general, and then with the final end of man.Read in context →
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. I, Dissertation I. On the End in General, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. I, Dissertation II. On the Final End of Man, nn. ¶1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. I, Diss. II, Scholion. On the Necessity of Acting for the Sake of an End, nn. 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. III, Diss. II, Pt. II, Scholion. On the Beatitudes and Fruits, n. 482 — I. Beatitudes. 1. Since the infused virtues, and especially the gifts of the Holy Spirit, are infused into us for this end, that we may more easily arrive at supernatural beatitude, it follows that the excellent acts of … Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. I, Art. 1. The Last End of Man, The Nature of the Last End, n. 20 — Nature of the Last End. Nature of the Last End.—As man’s Last End is that object which will make him perfectly happy, it cannot consist: (a) in external goods, such as wealth, honors, fame, glory and power, since one might have all these and ye… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Human Acts, I. On the Nature of the Human Act, n. 12 — In human acts is the free truly found not only from coercion, but also from necessity? - R. Affirmatively. It is a truth of faith, which is most openly clear from Scripture and Tradition; notably from Trent, sess. 6, c. … Read in context →
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On the Ultimate End of Human Acts, or the Foundation of Morality, nn. 1, ¶1, ¶2, 2–20, ¶3, 21–56, ¶4, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 & 65 (69 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. I, Treatise I: On the Subject for Whom Moral Theology Is Written, nn. ¶1, 27, 28, 29, 30 & ¶2 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Treatise I. On The Last End Of Man, nn. ¶25, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On the Last End of Human Acts or On Beatitude, nn. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On the Last End …, Question Four: On the Qualities of Beatitude, nn. ¶1, ¶2, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 & 42 (54 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Philosophy: Ethics, Deontology and Natural Law
Pt. I, Ch. II, Section I. Of Ends, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. I, Ch. II, Section II. Definition of Happiness, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)
Pt. I, Ch. II, Section III. Happiness open to man, nn. ¶1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. I, Ch. II, Section IV. Of the Object of Perfect Happiness, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. I, Ch. II, Section V. Of the use of the present life, n. 1 — 1. Since perfect happiness is not to be had in this mortal life, and is to be had hereafter; since moreover man has free will and the control of his own acts; it is evidently most important for man in this life so to con… Read in context →
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. I, Article XII: “Life Everlasting”, nn. ¶1–¶31 (31 passages)
A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy
Chapter I: The End to Which Human Acts are to be Directed, n. ¶18 — In the present chapter we shall consider: 1. Ends in general. 2. Our last end. 3. The attainment of our last end.Read in context →
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book First. On The Ultimate End Of Man, n. ¶1 — Since moral theology teaches man the way by which he can come to his end, it first treats of the ultimate end of man, both so that he may know the end toward which he must tend by his acts, and so that the foundation and… Read in context →
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)
Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book First. On The Ultimat…, Second Question. On The Means To The Ultimate End, n. 18 — 18. What they are. In order that man may be able to attain the end to which he is destined, God willed him to be furnished with suitable means and powers. These are of two kinds, natural means and supernatural means; and… Read in context →
Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book First. On The Ultimat…, Third Question. On The Mor…, Second Article. On The Obligation Of Tending To The Ultimate End, nn. 37, 38 & 39 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)
Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), First Commentary: On the Nature of Moral Theology, n. 36 — 36. But the fundamental and universal objective principle of demonstration, pervading and governing the whole of moral Theology, is that God is the ultimate end of man, and accordingly that man is bound by obligation to … Read in context →