A Topic of Moral Theology

Duties of Parents and Guardians

Duties of Parents and Guardians, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 2. Baptism; Confirmation; the Eucharist; the Sacrifice of the Mass).

In the index as Dignities not to be desired · Duties of bishops · Baptism · Bribery · Commandments (laws) of God · Example · Responsibility of authorities · State · Vocation

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

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

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 guardians — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910) · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)