A Topic of Moral Theology
Truthfulness (Veracity)
The virtue of truth and the vices opposed to it.
Within this topic
Also asked about as…
fidelity (faithfulness) · honesty (ed.)
In the index as Truthfulness · Fidelity · Veracity · Truth · Debt · Justice · Linsenmann, F. X. · *Fides divina—theologica—catholica* · Affability · Desertion (military) · Double-dealing · Friendship · Gratitude · Heretics · Infidelity · James, St. · Liberality · Paul, St. · Perfidy · Perjury · Promises · Servants · Simplicity · Simulation
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Seventh. On the Eight…, Question First. On Veracity and Fidelity, nn. 634 & 635 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. III, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § III, Point V. On Truth, nn. 401, 402 & 403 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 5. The Quasi-integral…, The Potential Parts of Justice, n. 2143 — Degrees of Moral Debt. Degrees of Moral Debt.—The remaining potential parts of justice are those in which there is not a legal debt, which is enforced by some law, but a moral debt to which one is obliged from the decency or the greater decenc… Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 6. The Remaining Pote…, Truthfulness, nn. 2385, 2386, 2387 & 2388 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. II, Section 4: The Duty and Virtue of Veracity, nn. ¶1–¶15 (15 passages)
Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. II, Section 7: The Duty and Virtue of Fidelity, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. IV, II. On Injuries By Words O…, § 1. On Truthfulness, n. 165 — 165. Notions. Truth is taken in a diverse sense: either 1. for conformity of the intellect with the thing, or of the thing with the intellect (and in this sense truth is treated in philosophy, which distinguishes between… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section E: On Truth, Question One: On Truth in Itself, nn. ¶1, 849, 850 & 851 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation XIII: On the O…, Sect. V, Friendship, Liberality, Epikeia, and the Opposed Vices; on the Gift of Piety and the Precepts of the Decalogue That Concern Justice, n. 1 — I SHALL EMBRACE much here, yet in few words, that I may finish the other virtues which accompany justice; and in the first place I shall treat of Veritate, which is a virtue especially necessary to justice; for no one ca… Read in context →
Tr. IV, Disputation XIII: On the O…, Sect. V, Friendship, Liberality, Epikeia, and the Opposed V…, Question I: On truth, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Guide for Catholic Young Women
Chapter LXX: On Truthfulness, nn. ¶851, ¶852, ¶853, ¶854, ¶855, ¶856, ¶857, ¶858 & ¶859 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Four-Square; or, The Cardinal Virtues
Rickaby, Four-Square, X. Truthfulness, Gratitude, Obedience, nn. ¶102, ¶103, ¶104, ¶105, ¶106, ¶107, ¶108, ¶109, ¶110 & ¶111 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Justice as a Virtue and Its Parts — Marc, Institutiones Morales · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)