A Topic of Moral Theology

Charity to the Poor

The duty of giving to the poor, and the canon binding beneficed clergy to spend their superfluous fruits.

In the index as Associations to be fostered among workmen · Clergy · Associations of mutual insurance to be fostered · Cessation from labor · Charity toward neighbor · Contention is a sin opposed to charity · Discord · Women laboring in workshops

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 1. The Duties of Memb…, Charity to the Poor, nn. 2608, 2609 & 2610 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, On the Theological Virtues…, On the Virtue of Charity, nn. 830, 831, 832, 833, 834 & 835 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Charity — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Slater, Cases I and 5 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)