A Topic of Moral Theology
Celibacy of the Clergy
The law of clerical celibacy and the obligation of perfect chastity in sacred orders.
The works themselves ask 18 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Penalty Attempted marriage by those in solemn vows or sacred orders (Can. 2388) — in Excommunications Simply Reserved to the Holy See
See also Solemn Vows and Sacred Orders — in Impediments of Marriage
Also asked about as…
married priests · priestly celibacy (ed.)
In the index as Celibacy · Canonical Hours · Clerics · Obligation of chastity of a cleric in major order · Companion for reciting the breviary · Ecclesiastical celibacy · Matins, separated from Lauds · Notion of the Divine Office · Origin of ecclesiastical celibacy · Subdiaconate · Beneficiaries bound to the canonical hours · Church · Distraction of one reciting the canonical hours · Historical matters, concerning the name of Clergy · Incardination of a cleric · Professed religious and obligation of the breviary · Vow · Whether sin prevents the reciting of Canonical Hours · A deaf person in choir · Anticipation of Matins · Attention, external, internal · Bishop · Breviary · Breviary of a bishop
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, 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. III, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. I, Art. I, Scholion. On Celibacy, nn. ¶1, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1168 & 1169 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 1. The Duties of Memb…, Celibacy, n. 2602 — The Precept of Clerical Celibacy. The Precept of Clerical Celibacy.—(a) Origin.—This law is not divine but ecclesiastical, since it arose, not from any command of Christ, but from a custom of the Church that goes back to the first centuries. Nevertheless… Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Particular States, nn. ¶16, ¶17, ¶18, ¶19, ¶20 & ¶21 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Particular States, n. 97 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, I. On the Positive Obligations of Clerics, nn. 97 & 98 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)
97. On the Holy Life of Clerics, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (39 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. II, Treatise on Particular Sta…, Part Second. On the State …, Ch. I, Art. I, § II. On Celibacy, nn. 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 & 44 (14 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 II: On the Duties of Clerics, nn. 1050–1070 (21 passages)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, First Book: On Persons in …, Tr. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § 2. Obligations Common to Clerics of Major Orders, nn. ¶1 & 30–48 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART SECOND: ON THE STATE …, Ch. I, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, Art. I, § II. On Celibacy, nn. ¶1083, ¶1084, ¶1085, ¶1086 & ¶1087 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Art. III, § 5. The Impediment of Sacred Order, n. 813 — 813. To the third question it is answered: The obligation of clerics constituted in major orders to perfect chastity, so that any sin whatsoever (even internal) committed against chastity has the character of sacrilege, … Read in context →
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. II, Ch. I, Art. I, § 2. On Ecclesiastical Celibacy, nn. ¶2199, ¶2200, ¶2201 & ¶2202 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. II, Ch. I, Article I. On the Positive Obligations of Clerics, nn. 568, 569, 569, Q. 2, 569, Q. 3, 569, Q. 4 & 569, Q. 5 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)
Pt. I, Distinction XXVII, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. I, Distinction XXVIII, cc. ¶ & 1–17 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. I, Distinction XXXI, cc. ¶ & 1–14 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. I, Distinction XXXII, cc. ¶ & 1–19 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Clerics, Case 3. Clerical Celibacy, nn. ¶1–¶14 (14 passages)
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 Special Duties of Clerics — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist · 1917 Code of Canon Law · Decretals of Gregory IX · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)