A Topic of Moral Theology
What scruples are
A groundless fear of sin where there is none; the scrupulous habit; how it differs from a delicate conscience.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
overly worried about sin (ed.)
In the index as Conscience · Laxity · Scrupulous conscience · Scruples · Conscience, scrupulous · Principles · Scruple · Scrupulous person · Seared · Signs
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. II, Chapter V. The Scrupulous Conscience, nn. 1 & 2 (2 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), Second Commentary: On Cons…, VII. On Scrupulous Conscience, nn. 171 & 174 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. I, Treatise On Conscience, Ch. III, Article I. On Scrupulous Conscience, nn. 45 & 47 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract IV. On Conscience, Ch. IV, Article II. On Scrupulous Conscience, nn. 319 & 323 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. III, Question IV: Concerning the Scrupulous, nn. ¶2814, ¶2815, ¶2816, ¶2817, ¶2818, ¶2819, ¶2820, ¶2821 & ¶2822 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Second Part: On the Virtue…, Ch. III, Single Question: On the Sp…, Article III: On Narrow and Scrupulous Conscience, n. 124 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. II, Chapter III. On Scrupulous and Lax Conscience, n. 37 — A conscience is called scrupulous which, from a slight, indeed even empty cause, doubts concerning the honesty of some action, and therefore fears sin where there is no sin. For a scruple is an empty apprehension, or sli… Read in context →
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On Conscience, On the scrupulous conscience, through various little questions, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Bk. II, Diss. I, Chapter VI — On the Scrupulous Conscience, nn. I, II & V (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Questions of Moral Theology
Slater, Questions, Scruples, nn. ¶719, ¶720, ¶721, ¶722, ¶723, ¶724, ¶725, ¶726, ¶728, ¶729, ¶730, ¶731, ¶732, ¶733, ¶735 & ¶736 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Scrupulous Conscience — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Slater, Cases I · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)