A Topic of Moral Theology
Duties of near relatives
Piety between kindred; support of indigent relatives.
The works themselves ask 6 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Relatives · Alimony · Brothers · Children · Master · Parents · Servant · Son of a Family · Spouse · Superior · Teacher · Wife
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. IV, Chapter III. Duties of Relatives and Guardians, n. 1 — What has been said concerning the mutual obligations of parent and child applies proportionately to those of other near relations. These are also bound to love each other, not only out of charity, but out of piety, and t… 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)
Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Third Commentary: On the F…, IX. Obligations of Blood-Relations and Tutors, nn. 133 & 134 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the Fourth Precept of t…, IV. Obligations of Relatives and Tutors, nn. 681, 682 & 683 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. II, Observance, and Obedience,…, Ch. II, Parents, Etc, Article II. On the Obligations of Parents Toward Children, n. 590 — 590. Scholion. On the obligations of piety among other relatives. From the virtue of piety there arise similar, though unequal, obligations also among other relatives in the nearer degrees, namely, toward a grandfather, … Read in context →
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation XIII: On the O…, Sect. I, Question X: On the obligation of brothers toward brothers and sisters, and conversely, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Duties of Relatives and Guardians — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)