A Topic of Moral Theology

The Sins Opposed to Abstemiousness

The Sins Opposed to Abstemiousness, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 8. The Virtue of Temperance).

In the index as Abstemiousness · Gluttony · Self-Starvation

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, The Sins Opposed to Abstemiousness, n. 2470 — The Sins Opposed to Abstemiousness. The Sins Opposed to Abstemiousness.—(a) The sin of deficiency in the matter of food is self-starvation. This is the sin of those who are martyrs to fashion, who in order to have a frail figure follow a diet (e.g., denyin… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Sin — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, On Forbidden Books · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis and 5 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)