A Topic of Moral Theology
The Patristic Period
The Fathers, the penitential canons and the Libri Poenitentiales — moral teaching before it was a separate science.
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apostolic fathers (ed.)
In the index as Apostolic Fathers · Paganism · *Didaché* · Alcuin's moral treatises · Ambrose, St. · Apologists · Augustine, St. · Barnabas · Basil, St. · Charity · Chrysostom, St. John, As a moralist · Cicero · Clement of Alexandria · Clement of Rome · Cyprian, St. · Cyril of Jerusalem · Diognetus · Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite · Ephraem, St. · Faith · Fathers · Gregory Nazianzen · Gregory of Nazianzus, St. · Gregory of Nyssa, St.
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Appendix. A Short History …, Section I. The Patristic Period, nn. 1–20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 & 42 (40 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, Prolegomena to Moral Theology, nn. 14–33 (20 passages)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. I, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Introduction, Ch. IX, Section 1: The Patristic Period, nn. ¶1–¶20 (20 passages)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Introduction To Moral Theo…, Ch. IV, § 1. Moral Theology Down To The Thirteenth Century, n. 10 — 10. In the first three centuries Moral Theology is not found handed down in a scholastic and systematic manner. Rather, the ascetical method is employed. The apostolic Fathers and the old writers, by their letters, sermo… Read in context →
A Short History of Moral Theology
Section I: The Patristic Period, nn. ¶27–¶66, ¶68, ¶69, ¶70, ¶71, ¶72 & ¶73 (46 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The History of Moral Theology — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Questions · Slater, Back to Morality · Daniel, Apology for the Jesuits — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)