A Topic of Moral Theology
Celibacy: ecclesiastical law or tacit vow?
The dispute and its consequences.
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter II. Celibacy of the Clergy, n. 2 — There is a dispute among theologians as to whether the obligation of celibacy, which binds clerics in sacred orders, should be ascribed immediately to ecclesiastical law or immediately to a vow of chastity tacitly taken … Read in context →
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Obligations of Stat…, Chapter II: On the Duties of Clerics, n. 1059 — 1059. A law of this sort is indeed ecclesiastical, but, far from opposing the natural law, it seems altogether consonant with reason and faith. The fundamental reason is taken from this, that the Christian priest acts in… Read in context →
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation V: On the Vow …, Question I: What difference there is between cloistered and clerical chastity, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Celibacy of the Clergy — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Decretum of Gratian — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)