A Topic of Moral Theology
Admission of girls and boys
Age of fifteen; the bishop's examination; testimonial letters.
In the manuals
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter II. Entrance into Religion, nn. 3 & 4 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Entrance into Religion — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Theologia Christiana III · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)