A Topic of Moral Theology
Admission and Preparation for Orders
Who may be admitted to orders and how he is prepared: the bishop’s judgment of usefulness, seminary formation.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
admission to seminary · preparation for the priesthood · seminary · who decides who is ordained (ed.)
In the index as One to be ordained · Vocation (Vocatio) · Acolythate · Bishop (Episcopus) · Diaconate · Episcopate · Exorcistate · Lectorate · Order, as Sacrament (Ordo, ut Sacramentum) · Presbyterate · Religious · Subdiaconate · Tonsure · Admission · Age · Clerics · Common table · Divine vocation · Holy Orders · Intention · Knowledge · Newspapers · Order · Pastor (Parochus)
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. III, Part II. On Admission and Preparation for the Reception of Orders, n. 605 — I. No one from among seculars is to be ordained who, in the judgment of his proper Bishop, is not necessary or useful for the churches of the diocese. Yet the Bishop is not prohibited from promoting his own subject who i… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, IV. On the Obligations of Bishops, n. 210 — What about the governance of clerics? - A special care of watching over the life and honor of clerics rests upon Bishops. This is established: 1. from Trent s. 14, Proem. de R., s. 22, c. 1 de R.; 2. from the Encyclicals… Read in context →
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. II, Treatise on Order, Ch. IV, Appendix. On Clerical Vocation, nn. 719, 720 & 721 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. II, Treatise on Order, Appendix. On Clerical Vocation, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶1524 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Order, Question Five: On the Subject of Order, n. 739 (29 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. II, The Sacrament of Holy Orders, nn. ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12, ¶13 & ¶14 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The subject of Orders — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Tanquerey · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)