Gallagher - Article on Manuals of Moral Theology

His moral theology is a particular example of the theology of grace which is the characteristic mark of Alphonsus' life and work: the love of God is abundant, close and operative. Men may be marked by sin, original and personal, but grace is not destroyed. And this grace is available to all, not just the elect and the justified.

- Raphael Gallagher, "The Manual System of Moral Theology Since the Death of Alphonsus." Irish Theological Quarterly 51, no. 1 (1985), 2.

This article on the tradition of Moral Theology Manuals following St.Alphonsus gives insight into the significance of these works.

This is significant because this appears to be the context in which the distinction between sacraments and sacramentals is explored, and in which the analogy between them is further specified.