A Topic of Moral Theology

The Subject, Cause, Increase, and Loss of Charity

The Subject, Cause, Increase, and Loss of Charity, as treated in Billuart (On the Subject, Cause, Increase, and Loss of Charity).

In the index as Charity · Charity, its subject, increase, and loss · Diminution · God · Increase · Loss · Mortal sin

In the manuals

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Charity, First Part: On Charity Its…, Question Three: On Charity…, Article I: On the Subject and Generation of Charity, nn. ¶1, 863, 864, 865 & 866 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Charity, First Part: On Charity Its…, Question Three: On Charity…, Article II: On the Increase of Charity, nn. ¶1, 867, 868, 869, 870 & 871 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Charity, First Part: On Charity Its…, Question Three: On Charity…, Article III: On the Diminution and Loss of Charity, nn. ¶1, 872 & 873 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Charity, On the Subject, Cause, Increase, and Loss of Charity, n. 1 — (St. Thomas, q. 24.)Read in context →

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Charity, On the Subject, Cause, Increase, and Loss of Char…, On the Subject, Cause, Increase, and Loss of Charity, nn. 1–49 (49 passages)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XI: Whether charity increases, and how, nn. 1–54 (54 passages)

Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XII: Whether charity can be increased without limit, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

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 XIV: Whether charity can be diminished, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XV: Whether charity can be lost, and how, nn. 1–47 (47 passages)

Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XVI: What is the proximate subject of charity, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XLVI: Whether charity ought to be enlarged in heaven, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Charity — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases I · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy and 4 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)