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Divine Charity - Its Nature And Necessity (1918) (Paperback)
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Divine Charity - Its Nature And Necessity (1918) (Paperback)
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CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE NECESSITY OF CHARITY. Teachingof New
Testament Extent ofthe obligation Charity and the last end Morality
of acts independent of reference to last end Such reference
required for merit Act of charity not difficult 1-13 CHAPTER II.
THE NATURE OF MORTAL SIN. Various aspects of sin Formal malice
consists in aversion from the last end St. Thomas and Suarez No
mortal sin without such aversion Act of repentance formal opposite
of sinful act All mortal sins directly opposed to charity Love of
charity and love of concupiscence Sins against charity .... ....
.... .... .... 14-27 CHAPTER III. HOPE. Variety of views View of
Suarez Difficulties of this view Loss of hope by mortal sin Hope
does not abide in heaven Alternative view, of New hope is trust in
God s fidelity Teaching Testament Despair Certainty of .... hope
28-46 CHAPTER IV. MERIT. Merit requires reference of act to last
end View of St. Thomas The command of charity Essential and
accidental rewards View of Suarez on reference to last end
Variousmodes of reference Innate reference Charity the form ofthe
virtues All good acts not meritorious .... .... 47-67 IV CONTENTS.
CHAPTER V. CONTRITION AND ATTRITION, a The Scholastic Teaching.
Charity in the Old Law Justification easier in the New Sacrament of
Penance Necessity of contrition and efficacy of absolution
Scholastic teaching St. Anselm of Canterbury Hugh of St. Victor
Peter Lombard First use of word quot quot attrition Alanus of Lille
and William of Auvergne St. Bonaventure St. Thomas Ex attrito fit
contritus 68-87 CHAPTER VI. CONTRITION AND ATTRITION. b The Council
of Trent and subsequent teaching. quot quot Decree on Justification
The beginning of love Attritionfrom motive of fear Change in
original draft of decree Controversy in Belgium Decree of Alexander
VII. Teaching of Suarez Attrition must be supreme Modern
theologians .... 88-112 CHAPTER VII. THE NATURE OF CHARITY. Formal
object of charity Absolute love of God Love of concupiscence
Meaning of the absolute good Meanings of love of concupiscence
Teaching of Cardinal Billot Error of Quietism View of Suarez,
Tanquerey, Hurter, etc., on motive of perfect charity .... ....
.... 113-134 PREFACE. THE student of the treatise on the
Theological Virtues will not have failed to notice that in their
dissertations on the virtue of charity most theologians seem to
convey the impression that an act of the virtue is extremely
difficult. That such cannot really be the case will, however, be
evident from the consideration that acts of charity are required
from the ordinary man very frequently during life, and it is not to
be supposed that he must need any extraordinary graces to fulfil so
important an obligation. The following pages, therefore, are an
attempt to demonstrate that the practice of charity is easy and
within the reach of all, by showing that the most commonly accepted
theory of the nature of the virtue is open to considerable
difficulty, and, even in the hands of its own supporters, is rarely
applicable to real life. Various considerations will, it is hoped,
point to the conclusion that an act of love of God as our supreme
good and last end, generally called an act of love of
concupiscence, is in reality an act of perfect charity. This
conclusion seems to be forcing itself upon many modern theologians,
almost against their will, but they are compelled to recognise that
it is more truly atestimony to VI PREFACE. the infinite mercy of
God than the ordinarily accepted notion of absolute love. Mortal
sin derives its essential malice, according to St...
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