A Topic of Moral Theology
The Virtue of Piety
Piety toward parents and country as a part of justice.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Also asked about as…
filial piety · patriotism as a virtue (ed.)
In the index as Piety · Obedience · Observance · Patriotism · Anti-Nationalism · Chauvinism · Disobedience · Egoism · Fatherland · Humanitarianism · Internationalism · Irreverence · Jingoism · Justice · Mercy · Patriolatry · Unjust striking
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Fourth. On the Fourth…, Question First. On Piety, Observance, and Obedience, nn. 278, 279 & 280 (3 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 III. On Piety, nn. 394, 395 & 396 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 6. The Remaining Pote…, Piety, nn. 2344, 2345, 2346, 2347, 2348, 2349 & 2350 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)
Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Third Commentary: On the F…, I. On the Intrinsic Nature of This Precept, nn. 6 & 10 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. II, Observance, and Obedience,…, Ch. I, Observance, and Obedience …, Article I. On Piety, nn. 569, 570 & 571 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section D: On Piety and Ob…, Ch. I, Question One: On Piety in Itself, nn. ¶1, 816, 817 & 818 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation XIII: On the O…, Section I: On Piety, n. 1 — VIRTUES which are joined by some kindred bond often lend one another their names; hence Piety is often taken for mercy, or that compassion by which we are moved toward others, and conversely; hence also that affection by… Read in context →
Tr. IV, Disputation XIII: On the O…, Sect. I, Question I: What piety is, and what kind of virtue, nn. 1–21 (21 passages)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Eighth Precept of t…, IV. On Lying, n. 1534 — Whether simulation is licit? "Formal simulation, namely when someone intends through an external deed to signify something other than he has in mind, is never licit, because it is a true lie of deed; but material simulat… Read in context →
Vol. III, On the Sacraments in General, III. On the Minister of the Sacraments, n. 373 — If one of the spouses is publicly unworthy, can the other enter into marriage with that one, and consequently minister the sacrament to him or her? - Resp. In the negative, if the person is unworthy because he or she is … Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Justice as a Virtue and Its Parts — Koch–Preuss · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · Rickaby, Four-Square — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)