A Topic of Moral Theology

The Properties of Virtues

That the virtues stand in a mean, are connected with one another, and admit of increase and inequality.

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can you have one virtue without the others · connection of the virtues · the mean of virtue (ed.)

In the index as Virtue · Virtues · Gift · Infused virtues · Vice and Virtue · Hope · Moral virtues · Charity · Connection of virtues · End in view · Faith · Fortitude · Golden Mean · Justice · Mean · Temperance · The blessed · Theological Virtues · Unformed virtue · Wisdom · Advertence · Appreciatively supreme · Aristotle · Greek taste

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book Fifth. On Virtues., Question First. On Virtues…, Article First. On the Nature of Virtues., nn. 254, 255, 256 & 257 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. III, Diss. I, Pt. I, Section VI. On the Properties of Virtues, nn. ¶1, 347, 348 & 349 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. II, Art. 2. Good Habits, or Vi…, Properties of the Virtues, nn. 153, 154, 155, 156, 157 & 158 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

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 II. On The Properties Of Acquired Virtues, n. ¶66 — The character of acquired virtues is manifested by four properties, namely: 1. that they consist in a mean; 2. that they are connected; 3. that they are unequal; 4. that they endure after this life. We shall treat each s… Read in context →

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VI. On Virtues In Ge…, Ch. II, Art. II, § 1. On The Mean Of Virtues, nn. 462 & 463 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VI. On Virtues In Ge…, Ch. II, Art. II, § 2. On The Connection Of Virtues, nn. 464, 465 & 466 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VI. On Virtues In Ge…, Ch. II, Art. II, § 3. On The Inequality Of Virtues, nn. ¶67, 467, 468, 469 & 470 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VI. On Virtues In Ge…, Ch. III, Article II. On the properties of infused virtues, nn. ¶69, 475, 476 & 477 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Habits and Vi…, Second Part: On Habits Acc…, Question Four: On the Prop…, Article I: On the Mean of Virtue, nn. ¶1, 600, 601, 602 & 603 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Habits and Vi…, Second Part: On Habits Acc…, Question Four: On the Prop…, Article II: On the Connection of Virtues, nn. ¶1, 604, 605 & 606 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Habits and Vi…, Second Part: On Habits Acc…, Question Four: On the Prop…, Article III: On the Equality of Virtues, nn. ¶1, 607, 608, 609, 610 & 611 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Habits and Vi…, Second Part: On Habits Acc…, Question Four: On the Prop…, Article IV: On the Duration of Virtues, nn. ¶1, 612 & 613 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Habits and Vi…, Third Part: On Habits Acco…, Question Four: On the Prop…, Article I: On the Mean of Infused Virtues, nn. ¶1, 645, 646 & 647 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Habits and Vi…, Third Part: On Habits Acco…, Question Four: On the Prop…, Article II: On the Connection of Infused Habits, nn. ¶1, 648, 649, 650 & 651 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Habits and Vi…, Third Part: On Habits Acco…, Question Four: On the Prop…, Article III: On the Equality of Infused Habits, nn. ¶1, 652 & 653 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

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 properties of the virtues, nn. 1–27 (27 passages)

Moral Philosophy: Ethics, Deontology and Natural Law

Pt. I, Ch. V, Section II. Of Virtues in General, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. I, Ch. V, Sect. III, Intellectual and Moral, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. I, Ch. V, Section IV. Of the Mean in Moral Virtue, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)

Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), First Commentary: On the Nature of Moral Theology, n. 37 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Virtue in General — Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · 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.)