A Topic of Moral Theology
The Order of Charity Among Neighbors
Whom we must love more: the order among kindred, benefactors and strangers.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
family before strangers · order of charity among people · priorities in helping others · whom should i help first (ed.)
In the index as Order to be observed in charity · Neighbor · Brothers, sisters · Charity · Charity, order of
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. I, Diss. III, Pt. V, Section III. On the Order of Charity Among Neighbors, n. 573 — If I cannot succor all whom of themselves I would be bound to succor, this order must be observed: I. With respect to the act of complacency, after God the holier persons are to be preferred to others, because they parti… Read in context →
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, On the Theological Virtues…, On the Virtue of Charity, nn. 809 & 810 (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 Three: On the Ord…, Article III: On the Order Among Various Neighbors, nn. ¶1, 911, 912, 913, 914 & 915 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Charity, On the Order and the Princ…, What order is to be kept in the love of our neighbors?, nn. 1–14 (14 passages)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Bk. III, Diss. III, Chapter III — On the divine precept by which we are commanded to love our neighbor with an internal act of charity, n. XV — XV. Question VII. Who are to be preferred in love? Answer. First of all are to be preferred father and mother; then wives and children. Wives are to be preferred to parents only as regards habitation and a more tender lo… Read in context →
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XXXIV: Whether a man ought to love himself more than his neighbor, nn. 1–24 (24 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XXXV: Whether the eternal salvation of the neighbor is to be loved more than our own life, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XXXVI: Whether one neighbor is to be loved more than another, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XXXVII: Whether a son is to be loved more than a father, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XXXVIII: Whether a man ought out of charity to love his mother more than his father, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XXXIX: Whether a man ought to love his spouse more than his parents, and children, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The order of charity — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)