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A Topic of Moral Theology

Duties of guardians

Guardians of the person and property of minors.

The works themselves ask 8 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Within this topic

In the index as Tutelage · Alienation · Bishop · Chapter · Father · Female Superior · Guardian · Guardians of minors · Homologation · Husband · Marital power · Mother · Paternal power · Pontiff · Regular prelate · Spouses · Superiors · Tyrant

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J.

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. IV, Chapter III. Duties of Relatives and Guardians, n. 2 — Guardians are sometimes appointed according to law to take care of the person and property of minors. Parents are legally the guardians by nature and nurture of the persons of their children until these reach the age of … Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R.

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. IV, Article II. On Irritation, n. 662 — VII. The effect of irritation is that the vow is entirely extinguished, so that in no case does the obligation afterward revive (can. 1312, § 1). Corollary. The following can irritate vows: 1. A father can irritate vows … Read in context →

Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 7 passages

Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Third Commentary: On the F…, IX. Obligations of Blood-Relations and Tutors, nn. 138, 139 & 140 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 8 passages

Vol. I, On the Fourth Precept of t…, IV. Obligations of Relatives and Tutors, nn. 684, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690 & 691 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 2. Baptism; Confirmat…, Duties of Parents and Guardians, n. 2689 — Duties of Parents and Guardians in Reference to Baptism. Duties of Parents and Guardians in Reference to Baptism.—(a) As to Administration of Baptism.—Parents are obliged under grave sin not to expose their children to the loss of salvation by undue delay of Baptism (see 2344,… Read in context →

The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion

Francis Spirago; edited by Richard F. Clarke, S.J. — 8 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, X. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF…, THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT OF …, 3. THE DUTIES OF THOSE WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Duties of Relatives and Guardians — Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis — this work does not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so its treatment stands one heading up (ed.)