A Topic of Moral Theology
The Origin of Virtues
How the virtues arise: the seeds in nature, acquisition by acts, and infusion by grace.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
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how virtues are acquired · infused and acquired virtues · where virtues come from (ed.)
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In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. III, Diss. I, Pt. I, Section III. On the Origin of Virtues, nn. ¶1, 339 & 340 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Virtues in Common, nn. 579, 580, 581, 594, 597, 598 & 599 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VI. On Virtues In Ge…, Ch. I, Article III. On The Distinction Of Virtues, n. 456 — 456. 1. Acquired and infused virtues. Acquired virtues are called those which man obtains for himself by his own acts. Indeed, there have been implanted in man certain principles as if naturally inborn, both of things kn… Read in context →
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VI. On Virtues In Ge…, Chapter II. On Acquired Moral Virtues And Their Properties, n. ¶64 — We divide this chapter into two articles: 1. on the existence and essence of acquired virtues; 2. on their properties.Read in context →
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VI. On Virtues In Ge…, Ch. II, Article I. On The Existence And Essence Of Acquired Virtues, nn. ¶65, 460 & 461 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VI. On Virtues In Ge…, Chapter III. On the infused virtues and their properties, n. ¶68 — We divide this chapter into two articles: 1. on the existence and essence of the infused virtues; 2. on their properties.Read in context →
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VI. On Virtues In Ge…, Ch. III, Article I. On the existence and essence of the infused virtues, nn. 472, 473 & 474 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Habits and Vi…, First Part: On Habits in G…, Question Three: On the Cause of Habits, nn. ¶1, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571 & 572 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Habits and Vi…, Third Part: On Habits Acco…, Question One: On the Existence and Essence of Infused Habits and Virtues, nn. ¶1, 618, 619, 620 & 621 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Habits and Vi…, Third Part: On Habits Acco…, Question Three: On the Cause of Infused Habits and Virtues, nn. ¶1, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643 & 644 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Treatise V. On Virtues, n. 151 — Virtue, generally, is a habit of acting according to right order. Virtues are distinguished in many ways; for they are 1st. natural or supernatural, according as they are acquired and increased by natural powers, or by t… Read in context →
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On the Passions and the Vi…, On the Virtues, On the cause of the virtues, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Virtue in General — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Spirago · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · Rickaby, Four-Square — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)