A Topic of Moral Theology
The Necessity of Charity of God
The Necessity of Charity of God, as treated in Noldin (Question First. On Charity of God).
The works themselves ask 6 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Charity (Caritas) · Necessity (Necessitas) · Precept of charity · Acts of religion (elicited, commanded) · Complacency · Natural desire of Beatitude · Necessity of charity · Time (Tempus) · Virtue · Zeal
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part First. On the Precept…, Book Third. On the Precept…, Question First. On Charity…, Article Second. On the Necessity of Charity of God, nn. 58, 59, 60 & 61 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On the Theological Virtues, nn. 378 & 381 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. I, Treatise On Virtues, Ch. III, Article I. On the Love of God, nn. ¶1, ¶2, 218 & 219 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract IX. On theological c…, Ch. I, Article II. On the necessity of charity, nn. 560, 561, 562 & 563 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. I, Tr. III, Ch. I, Article II: On the Necessity of Charity Toward God, nn. ¶469, ¶470, ¶471, ¶472 & ¶473 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON VIRTUES, Ch. III, ARTICLE I: ON LOVE OF GOD, nn. ¶276 & ¶277 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Charity, Second Part: On the Object…, Question Two: On the Mater…, Article II: On Loving God, nn. ¶1, 884 & 885 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Charity — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Slater, Cases I · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · The Roman Catechism · Coppens, Moral Philosophy and 2 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)