The Spiritual Life (Christian Perfection)

The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology

Various; ed. S. Woywod, O.F.M., and J. A. McHugh, O.P. — 24 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. I, Case XXX: Concerning the Perusal of Private Revelations, nn. ¶1–¶15 (15 passages)

Vol. V, Case LXXII: A Zealous Penitent Discouraged by Imperfections and Venial Sins, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

You and Yours: Practical Talks on Home Life

Martin J. Scott, S.J. — 75 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Scott, You and Yours, XIV: Young Men and the Higher Life, nn. ¶594–¶631 (38 passages)

Scott, You and Yours, XV: Young Women and the Higher Life, nn. ¶632–¶651 & ¶653–¶669 (37 passages)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Clement Marc, C.SS.R. — 14 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. III, Art. II, § 1. On The Obligation Of The Confessor Toward Penitents Diverse From The State Of Soul, nn. ¶7, ¶1840, ¶8, ¶1841, ¶1842, ¶9, ¶1843, ¶1844, ¶1845, ¶1846 & ¶1847 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. III, Article I: On The Obligation Of Tending To Perfection, nn. ¶2152, ¶2153 & ¶2154 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 3 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tr. II, Ch. I, Art. II, § 2. On Prayer, n. 188 — Concerning Mystical Prayer. 1. Notion. Mystical prayer denotes contemplation of God or of heavenly things, full of affection, extraordinary and ineffable, with a certain sense of the divine presence, and indeed an intima… Read in context →

Vol. III, First Book: On Persons in …, Tr. II, Ch. II, § 1. Obligation of Pursuing Perfection, n. 123 — — He who must profess a state must at the same time profess the things which the truth of the state requires. But by his profession the religious is obliged to his state, which is one of pursuing perfection. Therefore by… Read in context →

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. V, Ch. II, § 2. With Regard to the Persons of Penitents, n. 551 — — Pious penitents must prudently but zealously be brought to following more perfect things, and to exercising the apostolic mission entrusted to every Christian already in these divine words: "That they may see your good… Read in context →

The True Spouse of Jesus Christ

St. Alphonsus de Liguori — 144 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Chapter III: The Religious Should Belong Entirely to God, nn. ¶300, ¶301, ¶302, ¶303, ¶313, ¶321, ¶334, ¶338, ¶347, ¶348, ¶351, ¶356, ¶359, ¶365, ¶368, ¶370, ¶371, ¶374, ¶375, ¶376, ¶377, ¶378, ¶379, ¶380, ¶381, ¶382, ¶383, ¶385, ¶386, ¶387, ¶388, ¶389, ¶390, ¶391, ¶392, ¶393, ¶394 & ¶397 (38 passages — hover a number to read it)

Chapter IV: The Desire of Perfection, nn. ¶398, ¶399, ¶402, ¶403, ¶411, ¶417, ¶418, ¶421, ¶425, ¶428, ¶429, ¶430, ¶435, ¶439, ¶440, ¶441, ¶442, ¶445, ¶446, ¶451, ¶458, ¶461, ¶463, ¶465, ¶466, ¶467 & ¶470 (27 passages — hover a number to read it)

Chapter XV: Mental Prayer, nn. ¶1957, ¶1958, ¶1959, ¶1960, ¶1969, ¶1975, ¶1981, ¶1985, ¶1992, ¶1998, ¶1999, ¶2000, ¶2004, ¶2005, ¶2009, ¶2016, ¶2017, ¶2018, ¶2020, ¶2021, ¶2022, ¶2023, ¶2024, ¶2025, ¶2026, ¶2027, ¶2028, ¶2031, ¶2032, ¶2033, ¶2034, ¶2039, ¶2040, ¶2041, ¶2050, ¶2051, ¶2052, ¶2053, ¶2054, ¶2055, ¶2056, ¶2057, ¶2058, ¶2059, ¶2060, ¶2061, ¶2066, ¶2067, ¶2070, ¶2071, ¶2072, ¶2073, ¶2074, ¶2075, ¶2076, ¶2077, ¶2078, ¶2082, ¶2083, ¶2084, ¶2085, ¶2086, ¶2087, ¶2088, ¶2090, ¶2091, ¶2092, ¶2093, ¶2096, ¶2097, ¶2104, ¶2105, ¶2106, ¶2107 & ¶2109 (75 passages — hover a number to read it)

Chapter XVII: Spiritual Reading, nn. ¶2330, ¶2335, ¶2346 & ¶2348 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 2 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. III, Sect. II, Ch. I, Article I. On the Pursuit of Acquiring Perfection, nn. 1235 & 1236 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss — 21 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. IV, Pt. I, Chapter IV: Kinds of Prayer, nn. ¶28–¶48 (21 passages)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Anthony Konings, C.SS.R. — 5 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, Ch. I, Art. IV, § III. On the Obligation of Tending to Perfection, nn. ¶1179, ¶1180, ¶1181 & ¶1182 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE SACRAMENT …, PART THIRD: ON THE MINISTE…, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the Manner of Acting with Various Kinds of Penitents, n. ¶1486 — 1486. - Penitents who live free from mortal faults are to be led to perfection, but 1° In order and by degrees. - Hence let them be taught: a) "To beware of the smallest deliberate defect, or one admitted with eyes open,… Read in context →

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 192 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Ch. III, Question I: Concerning the Pious and Devout, nn. ¶2571–¶2641 & ¶2646–¶2679 (105 passages)

Ch. III, Question II: Concerning the Perfect and Contemplatives, nn. ¶2684–¶2770 (87 passages)

The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion

Francis Spirago; edited by Richard F. Clarke, S.J. — 57 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, C. CHRISTIAN PERFECTION, I. THE ASPIRATION AFTER CHRISTIAN PERFECTION, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, C. CHRISTIAN PERFECTION, II. GENERAL MEANS FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF PERFECTION, nn. ¶1–¶23 (23 passages)

Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, C. CHRISTIAN PERFECTION, III. SPECIAL MEANS FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF PERFECTION, nn. ¶1–¶23 (23 passages)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Gaudentius Bontempi of Brescia, O.F.M. Cap. — 314 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XIII: Whether, and how, charity in this life is perfect, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XLIX: Whether those having perfect charity are bound to fulfill the things that are of perfection, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question IX: Whether, and how, religious are bound to perfection, nn. 1–45 (45 passages)

Tr. VII, Disputation I: On States, …, Question I: What a state is, and of how many kinds, nn. 1–68 (68 passages)

Tr. VII, Disputation I: On States, …, Question II: On the state of perfection, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. VII, Disputation I: On States, …, Q. II, Doubt I: In what the perfection of man consists, nn. 1–17 (17 passages)

Tr. VII, Disputation I: On States, …, Q. II, Doubt II: What perfection can be had in this life, nn. 1–27 (27 passages)

Tr. VII, Disputation I: On States, …, Q. II, Doubt III: Who are in the state of perfection, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. VII, Disputation I: On States, …, Question III: Whether some who are not in the state of perfection perform, by reason of their office, works more perfect than some who are in it, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. VII, Last Disputation: On the State of the Active and the Contemplative Life, n. 1 — Notorious is this division into the Active and Contemplative life, long prefigured in the two wives of Jacob, Rachel and Lia; long fulfilled in the nightly watches of Christ the Savior and his daytime labors; commended a… Read in context →

Tr. VII, Last Disputation: On the S…, Question I: Whether the division of life into active and contemplative is sufficient, nn. 1–14 (14 passages)

Tr. VII, Last Disputation: On the S…, Question II: Which state is more excellent: the state of the active life, or of the contemplative, nn. 1–18 (18 passages)

Tr. VII, Last Disputation: On the S…, Question III: Whether there is a mixed life resulting from the active and the contemplative, and which of them is more excellent, nn. 1–32 (32 passages)

Tr. VII, Last Disputation: On the S…, Question IV: What the chief exercises of the active life are, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. VII, Last Disputation: On the S…, Question V: On the chief act of the contemplative life, and how this act differs from cogitation, meditation, speculation, and intuitive vision, nn. 1–19 (19 passages)

Tr. VII, Last Disputation: On the S…, Question VI: Whether contemplation has certain degrees of its perfection, how many, and which, nn. 1–35 (35 passages)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 3 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. II, Treatise On the Sacrament …, Pt. III, Ch. II, Art. I, § II, Point III. On Devout Penitents, n. 641 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P. — 16 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Chapter IV — Pastors and Directors of Christians ought, first of all, to be exactly versed in the spirit of the Christian profession, and in its chief rules and most lucid principles, n. IV (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Diss. V, Chapter I — The notion of the religious state, and its obligation of aspiring to evangelical perfection, nn. I–XIV (14 passages)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract IX. On theological c…, Ch. III, Art. III, Appendix on Spiritual Perfection and on the State of Perfection, n. 624 — 624. 1. St. Paul admonishes: "Above all things have charity, which is the bond of perfection"; for charity is the form of all the virtues, orders them to the supernatural end, and gives to them their proper notion of mer… Read in context →

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 9 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Moral Part — Chapter II: On the Confessor, nn. 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555 & 556 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)