A Topic of Moral Theology
Whispering (Tale-bearing)
Tale-bearing that sets friends at odds, and its gravity.
The works themselves ask 16 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Also asked about as…
backstabbing gossip · causing fights between friends · gossip that breaks up friendships · playing people off against each other · sowing discord · spreading stories to divide people · stirring up trouble · stirring up trouble between friends · telling tales · turning my friends against me · turning people against each other (ed.)
In the index as Whispering · Detraction · Tale-Bearing · Judgment · Suspicion · Whispering is of itself a grave sin
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VIII, Sect. II, Ch. II, Opinion, and Doubt, Scholion. On Whispering, nn. 1078 & 1079 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed to Commutative and Distributive Justice, Whispering, nn. 2103, 2104 & 2105 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)
87. Suspicion, Detraction, Whispering, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter II: On Injury, or the Violation of Right, nn. 395 & 396 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Ch. IV, Question Two: On Detraction, n. 434 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXXV: On Whisp…, Mockery, and Cursing, Question I: On the malice of whispering, nn. 1–14 (14 passages)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, V. On the Capital Vices, n. 322 — What are the daughters of pride and vainglory? "Those vices which of themselves are apt to be ordered to the end of some capital vice are called its daughters." S. Th. 2. 2. q. 132, a. 5. The daughters of pride are three… Read in context →
Vol. III, On the Sacraments in General, IV. On the Subject of the Sacraments, n. 383 — What intention is required in adults for receiving the individual sacraments? - In baptism and order there is required at least a habitual explicit will. The reason is that sacraments of this kind impose grave obligation… Read in context →
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Bk. III, Diss. IV, Chapter II — What is hatred of God, and of the Neighbor. On discord, contention, schism, and sedition, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII & IX (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Rash Judgement — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)