A Topic of Moral Theology
Common Life
Common Life, as treated in Wouters (Scholion. On Common Life).
The works themselves ask 7 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
common life in religious orders · community life · living in common (ed.)
In the index as Common life · POVERTY, religious, its necessity · Private fund (peculium) · Regulars
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. III, Sect. II, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Scholion. On Common Life, nn. 1246, 1247 & 1248 (3 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. 288 — On Common Life in Religious Orders. “Common life shall be established in all houses of novitiate.… In other houses a common treasury shall be established…in which all the religious shall deposit money.…” Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars, 22 Apri… Read in context →
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. V, Chapter III — Regulars vowing evangelical poverty vow the very community of goods, nn. I, II, III & IV (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Diss. V, Chapter IV — The decrees of the Council of Trent and the constitutions of the Supreme Pontiffs urge Regulars to an exact common life, private purses being driven out, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, ¶1 & XIII (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Diss. V, Chapter V — Community being taken away, neither the vow of obedience nor the observance of regular discipline can long stand, nn. I, II, III, IV, V & VI (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Diss. V, Chapter VIII — How grave is the obligation of Prelates of bringing in community. What Regulars ought to do who dwell in cloisters where, the common life being driven out, private purses creep in. And whether young men can lawfully receive the religious habit in these places, nn. I–XXXIX (39 passages)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Question IV: Whether religious ought, on account of poverty, to wear mean clothing, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Question V: Whether austerity of food is owed to religious poverty, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
The True Spouse of Jesus Christ
Chapter IX: Religious Poverty, nn. ¶1191, ¶1192, ¶1194, ¶1195 & ¶1197 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Religious Poverty — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases II · The Casuist · Cathrein, Socialism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)