A Topic of Moral Theology
The Liberty Of The Will
Created liberty: what freedom of choice is, and what it requires.
The works themselves ask 8 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Liberty · Free · Free-will · Liberty, created · Sex · Free choice · Indifference · Liberty of judgment · School · Indifference of judgment · Involuntary · Moral liberty · Moral statistics · Natural propensity · Sin · Talent · *Actus hominis* · *Actus humanus* · *Affectus antecedentes—subsequentes* · *Libertas contradictionis* · *Libertas virtutis s. gratiae* · *Milieu* · *Motus primo-primus* · *Voluntarium*
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book First. On The Ultimat…, Second Question. On The Me…, First Article. On The Liberty Of The Will, nn. ¶1, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 & 27 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)
1. On the Voluntary and the Free, nn. 1 & 2 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Commentaries on Human Acts (Commentarii de Actibus Humanis)
Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary II: On the Free, nn. 1–14 (14 passages)
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. I, Treatise on Human Acts, Ch. II, Article II. On the Free, nn. 11 & 12 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. I, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Ch. I, Section 1: Free-Will as the Subjective Condition of Morality, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5 & ¶6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Ch. I, Section 2: The Natural Limits of Free-Will, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶7 & ¶8 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Ch. I, Section 3: The Individual Determinants of Free-Will, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Ch. I, Section 4: The Social Determinants of Free-Will, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Ch. I, Section 6: The Development of Free-Will, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶9–¶25 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. I, Tr. II, Tit. II, Article II: On the Human Act as Free, nn. 48, 49 & 50 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. III, Ch. I, Art. I, § 2. On the Free, nn. ¶275, ¶276, ¶277, ¶278, ¶279 & ¶280 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, First Part: On Human Acts …, Section A: On the Conditio…, Ch. I, Question Three: On the Free, nn. ¶1, 84, 85, 86, 87 & 88 (40 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, Treatise on Human Acts, Ch. II, Article II: On the Free, n. ¶9 — 9. Definition. - Free is said of that which proceeds from the will determining itself with the power of not acting. But liberty is the faculty of acting or not acting, or the faculty of choosing one thing before another.… Read in context →
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On the Free Voluntary, or on Created Liberty, n. 1 — St. Thomas, I p., q. 83; q. 24 de Veritate; q. 6 de Malo, and elsewhere.Read in context →
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On the Free Voluntary, or …, Preliminary Notes, nn. 1–19 (19 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On the Free Voluntary, or …, Whether in fallen man there is liberty of choice, or of indifference?, nn. 1–17 (17 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On the Free Voluntary, or …, Whether for meriting or demeriting, in this state of fallen nature, liberty from necessity, or liberty of indifference, is required?, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On Human Acts Taken Specif…, Whether the will can will evil under the aspect of evil?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On Human Acts Taken Specif…, On the motive of the will as to specification, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On Human Acts Taken Specif…, On the motive of the will as to exercise, nn. 1–17 (17 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On Human Acts Taken Specif…, On the manner in which the will is moved: freely, or necessarily?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Acts which Concur to Constitute a Deliberate Act of the Will — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Tanquerey — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)