A Topic of Moral Theology
The Law of the New Testament
The law given through Christ: what it commands, what it counsels, and how it fulfils the old.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Law · Counsels of New Testament · Positive divine law · Evangelical counsels · Impossibility · Cemetery · Dispensation · Equity (epieikeia) · Ignorance · Promulgation · Roman Pontiff · Virtue
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 3. The Positive Divin…, The Law of the New Testament, nn. 346–369 (24 passages)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Laws, nn. 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255 & 256 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. II, Article III. On Positive Divine Law, n. 161 — 161. Precepts of the New Law. The precepts which are contained in the New Law can be reduced to three classes: a) To the sanctification of one's own life. Wherefore we are incited to all virtues, indeed even to the perfe… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Fifth Part: On Divine Law, Ch. II, First Question: On the Essence of the New Law, nn. ¶1, 315, 316, 317 & 318 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Fifth Part: On Divine Law, Ch. II, Second Question: On the Power of the New Law, nn. ¶1, 319, 320, 321 & 322 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Old Law and the New — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)