A Topic of Moral Theology
Zeal
Zeal for the honour of God and the good of souls as an effect of love, and the bitter zeal that counterfeits it.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
bitter zeal · zeal for souls (ed.)
In the index as Zeal · Hatred · Zeal of missionaries · Abomination · Benevolence toward God · Capital Vices · Charity · Complacency in God · Emulation · Enmity · Envy · Indignation · Love in general · Necessity of salvation · Sadness
In the manuals
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Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, V. On the Capital Vices, n. 327 — What is envy? Envy is sadness concerning the good of another, insofar as it is diminutive of one's own glory. - Moreover, in five ways can someone be saddened concerning the good of another: 1. When someone is saddened c… Read in context →
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, On the Theological Virtues…, On the Virtue of Charity, nn. 730 & 745 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
The Roman Catechism, Introductory, n. ¶21 — Zeal. Nor should our zeal in communicating Christian knowledge be relaxed because it has sometimes to be exercised in expounding matters apparently humble and unimportant, and whose exposition is usually irksome, especially to… Read in context →
Pt. III, The First Commandment, n. ¶48 — Zeal In The Service Of God. The pastor, therefore, should here teach that men should be so warmly interested in promoting the worship and honor of God as to be said rather to be jealous of Him than to love Him, in imitation of Him who says of Himse… Read in context →
The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion
Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, B. GOOD WORKS, VIRTUE, SIN, VICE, VIII. THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL …, 13. ZEAL IN WHAT IS GOOD, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3 & ¶4 (4 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 · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Slater, Cases I and 4 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)