Moral Briefs, by Father John Henry Stapleton

• Preface
• Believing and Doing
• The Moral Agent
• Conscience
• Laxity and Scruples
• The Law of God and Its Breach
• Sin
• How to Count Sins
• Capital Sins
• Pride
• Covetousness
• Lust
• Anger
• Gluttony
• Drink
• Envy
• Sloth
• What We Believe
• Why We Believe
• Whence Our Belief: Reason
• Whence Our Belief: Grace and Will
• How We Believe
• Faith and Error
• The Consistent Believer
• Unbelief
• How Faith May Be Lost
• Hope
• Love of God
• Love of Neighbor
• Prayer
• Petitions
• Religion
• Devotions
• Idolatry and Superstition
• Occultism
• Christian Science
• Swearing
• Oaths
• Vows
• The Professional Vows
• The Profession
• The Religious
• The Vow of Poverty
• The Vow of Obedience
• The Vow of Chastity
• Blasphemy
• Cursing
• Profanity
• Third Commandment, The Law of Rest
• The Day of Rest
• Keeping the Lord's Day Holy
• Worship of Sacrifice
• Worship of Rest
• Servile Works
• Commons Works
• Parental Dignity
• Filial Respect
• Filial Love
• Authority and Obedience
• Should We Help Our Parents?
• Disinterested Love in Parents
• Educate the Children
• Educational Extravagance
• Godless Education
• Catholic Schools
• Some Weak Points in the Catholic School System
• Correction
• Justice and Rights
• Homicide
• Is Suicide A Sin?
• Self-Defense
• Murder Often Sanctioned
• On the Ethics of War
• The Massacre of the Innocents
• Enmity
• Our Enemies
• Immorality
• The Sink of Iniquity
• Wherein Nature Is Opposed
• Hearts
• Occasions
• Scandal
• Not Good To Be Alone
• A Helping Hand
• Thou Shalt Not Steal
• Petty Thefts
• An Oft Exploited, But Specious Plea
• Contumely
• Defamation
• Detraction
• Calumny
• Rash Judgment
• Mendacity
• Concealing the Truth
• Restitution
• Undoing the Evil
• Paying Back
• Getting Rid of Ill-Gotten Goods
• What Excuses from Restitution
• Debts
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• The text of these files are taken from the book Moral Briefs: A concise, reasoned and popular exposition of Catholic morals, by Father John Henry Stapleton, published in 1904.
• It has the Imprimatur of Cardinal John Murphy Farley, Archdiocese of New York, New York, 25 March 1904.
• The cover image is an oil painting of Allegory of the morality of earthly things by Jacopo Tintoretto, 1580's. The painting is in the Museum of King John III’s Palace at Wilanów, Poland, and the image was swiped from Wikimedia Commons.