A Topic of Moral Theology

Support, education and religious training of children

The natural duties of parents; schools and non-Catholic schools

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duty to educate your children · non-catholic school · providing for your kids · raising children in the faith (ed.)

In the index as Parents · Non-Catholic school · Education · Catholic and non-Catholic schools · Public Schools · Education in socialism · Education of child · Gerrard · Instruction in socialism · Mothers · Paul, St. · Piety · School · Spalding · Vocation · A father has the right and duty of educating children · Abortion · Absolution · Anger · Arnold · Bebel · Bishop · Carpenter, E · Children

Further reading Parents and the Education of Children — on Genesis 35 ↗ — Cornelius a Lapide, The Great Commentary, read off-site at lapide.org (public-domain translation) (ed.)

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. IV, Chapter II. Duties of Parents to Children, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. IV, Sect. II, Scholion I. On Non-Catholic Schools, n. 714 — I. Among non-Catholic schools: 1. Some are so harmful that the danger to faith or morals cannot, morally speaking, become remote, for example if children would continually hear bad doctrine or would be compelled to be pr… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. IV, Sect. II, Scholion II. On Coeducation, n. 715 — Coeducation is to be rejected; this is clear first from the fact that Pius XI, in his encyclical On the Christian Education of Youth, rejects it. "Equally fallacious," says the Supreme Pontiff, "and hostile to Christian … Read in context →

Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)

Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Third Commentary: On the F…, V. On Schools, nn. 80 & 82 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Obligations of Stat…, Chapter I: On the Duties of Laymen, nn. 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948 & 949 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. V, Pt. II, Ch. II, Section 3: The Duties of Parents to Their Children, nn. ¶1–¶27, ¶29, ¶30, ¶31, ¶33, ¶34, ¶35, ¶36, ¶37, ¶38, ¶39, ¶40, ¶41, ¶42 & ¶43 (41 passages — hover a number to read it)

What Is Marriage? A Catechism Arranged According to the Encyclical “Casti Connubii” of Pope Pius XI

Vermeersch, What Is Marriage?, Part One: The Blessings of…, The First Blessing: Children, nn. 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 & 42 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vermeersch, What Is Marriage?, Part Three: Remedies, nn. 173, 174, 175, 176 & 177 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section D: On Piety and Ob…, Ch. I, Question Three: On the Office of Parents Toward Children, nn. 826 & 827 (37 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Fourth Precept of t…, Chapter II. On the Obligations of Parents toward Children, n. 257, Q. 6 — Question 6. With these things notwithstanding, can Catholic parents ever send their offspring to our public schools? Response. Affirmatively, provided the conditions under which the Baltimore Fathers permit this are veri… Read in context →

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Slater, Cases I, The Fourth Commandment, Case 1. Catholic Education of Children, nn. ¶1–¶14 (14 passages)

The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)

Pt. III, The Fourth Commandment, nn. ¶46, ¶47, ¶48, ¶49, ¶50, ¶51 & ¶52 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Socialism: Its Theoretical Basis and Practical Application

Ch. IV, Sect. VI, § I. Marriage in the Socialistic State, nn. ¶928–¶941 (14 passages)

Ch. IV, Sect. VI, § II. Education and Instruction, nn. ¶942, ¶943, ¶944 & ¶945 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

You and Yours: Practical Talks on Home Life

Scott, You and Yours, III: Mother, nn. ¶117, ¶118, ¶119, ¶120, ¶121, ¶142, ¶143, ¶144, ¶145, ¶146, ¶147 & ¶148 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Religion and Human Interests

Chapter X: The Canon Law Code and Catholic Education, nn. ¶51, ¶52 & ¶53 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Public School Education

CHAPTER I. Introductory, nn. ¶1–¶16 (16 passages)

CHAPTER II. Education—Its Object and Necessity, nn. ¶1–¶30 (30 passages)

CHAPTER III. Origin of the Public School System, nn. ¶1–¶62 (62 passages)

CHAPTER XI. Remedy for the Diabolical Spirit and the Crimes in Our Country, nn. ¶1–¶50 (50 passages)

CHAPTER XIII. The Catholic Priest on the Public School System, nn. ¶1–¶56 (56 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Duties of Parents to Children — Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)