A Topic of Moral Theology

Duties of Relatives and Guardians

The duties that flow from kinship and guardianship toward those in one's charge.

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alimony · tutelage (ed.)

In the index as Tutelage · Relatives · Alimony · Blood relatives · Civil laws concerning paternal power · Duties · Parents · Piety · Tutor, who · Wife · Alienation · Brothers · Children · Guardians of minors · Homologation · Husband · Marital power · Master · Obedience · Protection of the insane · Servant · Son of a Family · Spouse · Spouses

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. IV, Chapter III. Duties of Relatives and Guardians, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. IV, Section III. On the Mutual Duties Both of Other Blood-Relatives and of Spouses, nn. 716 & 717 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 2. Duties of Members …, The Duties of Other Relatives, n. 2634 — Duties of Near Relatives. Duties of Near Relatives.—There are similar duties of charity and piety between other near relatives, for example, between brothers and sisters, grandparents and grandchildren uncles and aunts and their nephews and niece… 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, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141 & 142 (26 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, 684, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690 & 691 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tr. III, Chapter V: On Piety Toward the Remaining Blood-Relatives, nn. 308 & 309 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tr. III, Chapter VI: On Quasi-Piety Between Tutors and Wards, nn. ¶1, 310, 311, 312, 313 & 314 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

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)

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)

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 →

Treated under the broader heading Duties to Parents and Superiors (Fourth Commandment) — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · The Roman Catechism · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · Scott, You and Yours · Rickaby, Four-Square · Slater, Religion & Human Interests — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)