A Topic of Moral Theology
Clerical Dress
The cleric's obligation of wearing ecclesiastical dress and the tonsure.
The works themselves ask 38 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
In the index as Clerics · Duties of clerics as to habit and tonsure · Tonsure · Clerical dress · Garb of Clerics · Religious · Sacred vestment
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter III. Clerical Dress, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Particular States, n. ¶22 — N. 45. - On the Clothing of Missionaries. "Since in some Missions the custom of using the talar garment, especially when Priests proceed in public, has not up to this time been diligently observed by all; indeed, in some places even graver abuses in this matter … Read in context →
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, § III. On Wearing the Habit and Tonsure, n. 45 (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 II: On the Duties of Clerics, nn. 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029 & 1030 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. I, Chapter VII — On the things which clerics ought to perform, and on those from which they ought to abstain, n. I (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)
Pt. II, Causa XXI, Question IV, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. II, Ch. I, Art. I, § 4. On Wearing The Habit And Tonsure, nn. ¶2222 & ¶2223 (2 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, § III. On the Wearing of Habit and Tonsure, n. ¶1088 — 1088. - Clerics, at least those initiated in major Orders, are obliged to wear the tonsure and clerical garment. This is clear from the whole of Canon Law, especially from the Council of Trent, Sess. 14. c. 6 de Ref., wh… Read in context →
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. II, Ch. I, Article I. On the Positive Obligations of Clerics, nn. 567, 568, 569, 569, Q. 2, 569, Q. 3, 569, Q. 4, 569, Q. 5, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 574, Q. 2, 574, Q. 3, 574, Q. 4, 574, Q. 5, 574, Q. 6, 574, Q. 7, 574, Q. 8, 575, 576, 576, Q. 2, 576, Q. 3, 577, 578, 578, Q. 2, 578, Q. 3, 578, Q. 4, 578, Q. 5, 578, Q. 6, 579, 580, 580, Q. 2, 580, Q. 3, 580, Q. 4, 580, Q. 5, 580, Q. 6, 581, 582, 582, Q. 2, 582, 583, 584, 584, Q. 2, 584, Q. 3 & 584, Q. 4 (46 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. 101, 102 — On the Garments of Missionaries. “Since in certain missions the custom of wearing a cassock, especially when priests appear in public, has not hitherto been diligently observed by all—and indeed, in some places graver abuses have also begun to be introd… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Special Duties of Clerics — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Slater, Cases II · 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.)