A Topic of Moral Theology

The Sins Against Sobriety

The Sins Against Sobriety, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 8. The Virtue of Temperance).

In the index as Drunkenness · Narcotics · Prudence of the confessor · Sobriety · Temperance

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, The Sins Against Sobriety, n. 2476 — The Sins against Sobriety. The Sins against Sobriety.—(a) The sin of excess may be called, for want of a special name, over-sobriety. It is committed by those who condemn all liking for or enjoyment of intoxicants as intrinsically evil (e.g., the … Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: On the Virtue …, Question Two: On Drunkenness, Article I: On Drunkenness in Itself, nn. ¶1, 985, 986, 987, 988, 989 & 990 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Sobriety — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)