Question I. On the Virtue of Religion (or on the First Three Precepts of the Decalogue)

¶54.

Literature. St. Thomas, S. theol. 2, 2, q. 81-100; Suarez, De virtute religionis; Billuart, Tract. de religione et vitiis oppositis; Bouquillon, De virtute religionis (Bruges, 1880); John Baptist Wirthmüller, Die moralische Tugend der Religion (Freiburg, 1881); Tanquerey, Theol. mor. de virtute religionis.

We shall treat: 1. the nature of religion; 2. the diverse acts of religion; 3. the vices opposed to religion.

The Virtue of Religion

Within this question

Chapter I. On the Nature of Religionnn. 323–327
Chapter II. On the Acts of the Virtue of Religionnn. 328–499
- Article I. On Devotionnn. 328–330
- Article II. On Prayernn. 331–381
  - § 1. On the Notion and Division of Prayernn. 331–337
  - § 2. On the Object of Prayernn. 338–345
    1. What Things Can Be Asked in Prayer?nn. 338–339
    2. For Whom Is Prayer to Be Made?nn. 340–342
    3. To Whom Are Our Prayers to Be Directed?nn. 343–345
  - § 3. On the Necessity of Prayernn. 346–348
  - § 4. On the Efficacy of Prayer and Its Conditionsnn. 349–359
  - § 5. On the Canonical Hours and Certain Other Prayersnn. 360–370
  - § 5. The Manner of Reciting the Officenn. 371–381
- Article III. On Adorationnn. 382–387
- Article IV. On Vowsnn. 388–435
  - § 1. On the Nature and Division of a Vownn. 388–391
  - § 2. On the Subject of a Vownn. 392–398
  - § 3. On the Object of a Vownn. 399–401
  - § 4. On the Obligation of a Vownn. 402–408
  - § 5. On the Cessation of a Vow Intrinsicallynn. 409–410
  - § 6. On the Cessation of a Vow Through Invalidationnn. 411–419
  - § 7. On the Cessation of a Vow (or of Its Obligation) Through Dispensationnn. 420–428
  - § 8. On the Cessation of a Vow (or of Its Obligation) Through Commutationnn. 429–435
- Article V. On the Oathnn. 436–459
  - § 1. On the Notion and Division of an Oathnn. 437–438
  - § 2. On the Lawfulness of an Oath and Its Requisite Conditionsnn. 439–447
  - § 3. On the Obligation of an Oathnn. 448–455
  - § 4. On the Violation of an Oath, or Perjurynn. 456–459
- Article VI. On Adjurationnn. 460–464
- Article VII. On the Observance of Sunday and Feast Daysnn. 465–499
  - § 1. On the Nature and Origin of the Worship to Be Rendered on Sundays and Feast Daysnn. 465–470
  - § 2. On the Utility of the Sanctification of Sunday and Feast Daysnn. 471–475
  - § 3. On the Precept of Hearing Massnn. 476–487
  - § 4. On Cessation from Servile Worksnn. 488–499
Chapter III. On the Vices Opposed to the Virtue of Religionnn. 500–567
- Article I. On Superstition in Generaln. 501
- Article II. On Idolatrynn. 502–505
- Article III. On Divinationnn. 506–513
- Article IV. On Vain Observancenn. 514–517
- Article V. On Magic and Maleficenn. 518–519
- Article VI. On Magnetism, Hypnotism, and Spiritismnn. 520–525
- Article VII. On the Tempting of Godnn. 526–528
- Article VIII. On Blasphemynn. 529–535
- Article IX. On Sacrilegenn. 536–554
  - § 1. On Sacrilege in Generalnn. 536–539
  - § 2. On Personal Sacrilegenn. 540–544
  - § 3. On Local Sacrilegenn. 545–550
  - § 4. On Real Sacrilegenn. 551–554
- Article X. On Simonynn. 555–567
  - § 1. On the Nature, Division, and Malice of Simonynn. 555–560
  - § 2. On Simony of Divine Lawnn. 561–563
  - § 3. On Simony of Ecclesiastical Lawn. 564
  - § 4. On the Penalties of Simoniacsnn. 565–567