A Topic of Moral Theology
The seven circumstances
Who, what, where, when, by what means, why, how; circumstances that change the species of an act.
The works themselves ask 7 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Circumstance · Circumstances · Circumstances of sin · Actions · Marriage · Act · Human Acts · Sacrilege · Aggravating circumstances · Children · Civil · Declaration · Elements of Morality · Fasting · Flesh-meats · Irregularity · Mass · Object · Parish Priest · Sin · Sources of Morality
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. I, Ch. IV, Sect. II, Point III. The Circumstances, n. 1 — By the circumstances of an action we understand certain accidental conditions, which, as it were, surround (circumstant) and complete the substance of the action. enumerated in the doggerel line— There are seven Who, wha… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Human Acts, IV. On the Various Sources of Morality, nn. 93 & 94 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Commentaries on Human Acts (Commentarii de Actibus Humanis)
Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary XIII: On the Circumstances of Human Acts, nn. 9, 11, 14 & 17 (4 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 Human Acts, Ch. III, Art. II, § II. On Circumstances, n. 27 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. II, Ch. III, Art. II, § 2. On Circumstances, n. 115 — 115. Number. Already from the most ancient times seven circumstances were customarily enumerated, which are expressed in this little verse: > "Who, what, where, by what aids, why, how, when." Who denotes the special qual… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, First Part: On Human Acts …, Section A: On the Conditio…, Ch. II, Question II: On the Accidental Element or on Circumstances, nn. ¶1, 102, 103 & 104 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, Second Part: On Human Acts…, Section A: On the Morality…, Q. V, Article II: On Circumstances, nn. ¶1, 151, 152, 153 & 154 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. I, Ch. IV, Art. II, § II. On Circumstances, n. 26 — Circumstances are accidental determinations of an act, without which the act could exist as to substance, and which nevertheless in some way touch its morality. Seven classes of circumstances are numbered, expressed in t… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading The Circumstances — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Billuart, Summa Summae · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)