A Topic of Moral Theology
Special Duties of Religious
The religious state, entrance, profession, and the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
The works themselves ask 303 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
- Nature of the Religious State ▸ 2 subtopics
- Entrance into Religion ▸ 4 subtopics
- Religious Profession ▸ 3 subtopics
- Religious Poverty ▸ 4 subtopics
- Vow of Chastity ▸ 2 subtopics
- Vow of Obedience ▸ 1 subtopics
- Regulars
In the index as Regulars · Regular (Regularis) · Religion · Exemption (Exemptio) · Obedience · Religious profession (Professio religiosa) · Nuns · Vow · Bishop (Episcopus) · Novitiate · Religious Poverty · Rule (Regula) · Superior (Superior) · Vow of poverty (Paupertatis votum) · Chastity (Castitas) · Perfection · State · Enclosure (papal) of Nuns · Poverty of a widow · Privileges or Prerogatives of Clerics · Religious · Religious properly so called · Enclosure · Gravity of sin (Gravitas peccati)
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter I. Nature of the Religious State, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter II. Entrance into Religion, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter III. Religious Profession, n. 1 — PROFESSION is the promise lawfully made and accepted by which a religious binds himself to observe the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, according to the constitutions of his order. For the validity of any religi… Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter IV. Religious Poverty, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter V. Vow of Chastity, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter VI. Vow of Obedience, 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. III, Part III. On the Duties of Religious, n. ¶1 — (St. Thomas, 2-2, qq. 179-189; St. Alphonsus, Theologia Moralis, book IV, nn. 1-82; Homo Apostolicus, tract 13, nn. 1-29.) Cf. Code of Canon Law 487-681; Cajetan, Commentarius on the cited place of St. Thomas; Billuart, … Read in context →
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. III, Section I. Preliminary Notes, n. ¶1 — In order that the duties of religious may be better explained and understood, certain things must first be noted concerning the religious state itself, then concerning the society of persons which lives the religious sta… Read in context →
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. III, Section II. On the Duties of Religious, n. ¶1 — The Code first declares: All religious are also held by the common obligations of clerics, concerning which in canons 124-142, unless something else is clear from the context of the discussion or from the nature of the t… Read in context →
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. III, Sect. II, Chapter I. On the Substantial Duties of Religious, n. 1234 — The substantial duties of religious are: the pursuit of acquiring perfection, the observance of vows, likewise of rules and constitutions. These are sufficiently indicated by can. 593: All and each religious, Superiors e… Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 1. The Duties of Memb…, Special Duties of Religious, n. 2611 — The Special Duties of Religious. The Special Duties of Religious.—The particular obligations of religious are declared in the proper rules of the various institutes, just as the particular obligations of the secular clergy are set forth in the statutes … Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, I. On the Nature of the Religious State, nn. 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253 & 254 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, II. On Divine Vocation, nn. 255, 256, 257, 258, 259 & 260 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, III. On the Novitiate, nn. 261–274 (14 passages)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, IV. On Profession, nn. 275, 276, 277, 278 & 279 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, V. On the Vow of Poverty, nn. 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289 & 290 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, VI. On the Vow of Chastity, nn. 291, 292, 293, 294, 295 & 296 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, VII. On the Vow of Obedience, nn. 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302 & 303 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)
105. On the Religious State, nn. 1 & 2 (39 passages — hover a number to read it)
106. On the Novitiate and Profession, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (42 passages — hover a number to read it)
107. On Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 (68 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. II, Treatise on Particular Sta…, Part Third. On the Religio…, Ch. IV, Appendix. On the Current State of Regulars in France, nn. ¶1, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187 & 188 (49 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, First Book: On Persons in …, Treatise II: On Religious, n. ¶1 — Utility. In moral theology, for the use of schools, only a small space can be reserved for the broad and difficult treatise on religious,(1) in which, besides a few notions concerning the religious state, religious insti… Read in context →
Vol. III, First Book: On Persons in …, Tr. II, Chapter V: On Departure from Religion, nn. 154, 155, ¶1, 156, 157 & 158 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIOUS STATE, nn. ¶1 & ¶1147 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, CHAPTER I: ON THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE COMMON TO ALL RELIGIOUS, n. ¶1 — The things common to all Religious are: 1° the very nature or essence of the religious state; 2° the necessity of vocation to the religious state; 3° probation; 4° profession of the three vows according to some rule.Read in context →
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, Ch. I, ARTICLE I: ON THE NATURE OF THE RELIGIOUS STATE, nn. ¶1148 & ¶1149 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, Ch. I, ARTICLE II: ON THE NECESSITY OF VOCATION TO THE RELIGIOUS STATE, nn. ¶1150, ¶1151, ¶1152, ¶1153, ¶1154 & ¶1155 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, Ch. I, ARTICLE III: ON PROBATION OR NOVITIATE, nn. ¶1156, ¶1157 & ¶1158 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, Ch. I, ARTICLE IV: PROFESSION ACCORDING TO SOME RULE, n. ¶1159 — 1159. Principles. - I. For valid profession there is required: 1° Aptitude of the one vowing, namely that he have no impediment which is judged substantial either from divine law, or from canon law, or from statutes conf… Read in context →
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, Ch. I, Art. IV, § I. On the Obligation of Observing the Vows, nn. ¶1, ¶1160, ¶1161, ¶1162, ¶1163, ¶1164, ¶1165, ¶1166, ¶2, ¶1167, ¶1168, ¶1169, ¶1170, ¶3, ¶1171, ¶1172, ¶1173, ¶1174 & ¶1175 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, Ch. I, Art. IV, § II. On the Obligation of Observing the Rule, nn. ¶1176, ¶1177 & ¶1178 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, Ch. I, Art. IV, § III. On the Obligation of Tending to Perfection, nn. ¶1179, ¶1180, ¶1181 & ¶1182 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, Ch. I, Art. IV, § IV. By What Reason the Obligations Existing from Profession Cease or Are Changed, nn. ¶1183 & ¶1184 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, CHAPTER II: ON THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE PROPER TO RELIGIOUS WHO PROFESS SOLEMN VOWS, nn. ¶1185, ¶1186 & ¶1187 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, CHAPTER III: ON THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE PECULIAR TO NUNS, nn. ¶1, ¶1188 & ¶1189 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, Ch. IV, § I. On the Privileges of Regulars Universally, nn. ¶1190, ¶1191 & ¶1192 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, Ch. IV, § II. On the Privilege of Exemption, nn. ¶1, ¶1193, ¶1194, ¶1195, ¶1196, ¶2, ¶1197, ¶1198, ¶1199, ¶1200, ¶1201 & ¶1202 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, Ch. IV, § III. Various Privileges, n. ¶1203 — 1203. - I. With secular persons. 1° They can dispense in all occult irregularities from delict, as a Bishop can; 2° they can dispense and commute vows and oaths, as a Bishop; 3° they can dispense with spouses in the impe… Read in context →
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, CHAPTER V: ON RELIGIOUS DISPERSED BY FORCE, n. ¶1204 — 1204. Principles. - I. They remain bound by all the obligations which they contracted from their profession, except those which are not compatible with the state of dispersion. Hence 1° as regards the vow of poverty, eac… Read in context →
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, CHAPTER VI: ON THE CONDITION OF RELIGIOUS IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCES OF THE UNITED STATES, n. ¶1205 — 1205. - I. A novice who, with permission of the Superior, when going out of the house changes the garment according to the custom of this region, is not judged to have laid aside the habit, and therefore not to have inte… Read in context →
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Treatise I: On The Religious State, n. ¶1 — There are five things concerning which we must treat in this Treatise, namely: 1. On the nature of the religious State; - 2. On entrance into Religion; - 3. On the obligations of Religious; - 4. On the privileges of Regu… Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Chapter I: On The Nature Of The Religious State, nn. ¶2128, ¶1, ¶2129, ¶2130, ¶2, ¶2131, ¶2132, ¶3, ¶2133, ¶2134, ¶2135 & ¶2136 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Chapter II: On Entrance Into Religion, n. ¶1 — In this chapter we shall treat: 1. of those who can enter; 2. of those who are bound to enter; 3. of the Novitiate; 4. of Profession.Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. II, Article I: On Those Who Can Enter Religion, nn. ¶2137, ¶2138 & ¶2139 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. II, Article II: On Those Who Are Bound To Enter Religion, nn. ¶2140, ¶2141 & ¶2142 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. II, Article III: On The Novitiate, nn. ¶2143, ¶2144 & ¶2145 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. II, Article IV: On Religious Profession, nn. ¶2146, ¶2147, ¶2148, ¶2149 & ¶2150 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Chapter III: On The Obligations Of Religious, n. ¶2151 — 2151. - The obligations of Religious are: 1. to tend to perfection; 2. to observe the vows emitted; 3. to observe the rule of their own Order; 4. to persevere in the institute of life undertaken. Concerning the obligatio… Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. III, Article I: On The Obligation Of Tending To Perfection, nn. ¶2152, ¶2153 & ¶2154 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. III, Article II: On The Obligation Of Observing Vows, n. ¶2155 — 2155. - A Religious by force of the vows is bound to poverty, chastity, and obedience; and if he emitted other vows in profession, he is held to those similarly, according to the prescription of the rules and the custom … Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § 1. On The Vow Of Poverty, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶2156, ¶2157, ¶2158 & ¶2159 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § 2. On The Vow Of Chastity, nn. ¶2160, ¶1, ¶2161, ¶2, ¶2162, ¶2163 & ¶2164 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § 3. On The Vow Of Obedience, nn. ¶2165, ¶2166, ¶2167 & ¶2168 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. III, Article III: On The Obligation Of Observing The Rule, nn. ¶2169 & ¶2170 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. III, Article IV: On The Obligation Of Stability, nn. ¶2171, ¶1, ¶2172, ¶2, ¶2173, ¶2174, ¶2175, ¶3, ¶2176, ¶2177, ¶4, ¶2178, ¶5 & ¶2179 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Chapter IV: On The Privileges Of Regulars, n. ¶1 — We shall treat: 1. Of the privileges of Regulars in general; 2. of the privilege of exemption; 3. of various privileges of Regulars (recall what was said n. 249-254).Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. IV, Article I: On The Privileges Of Regulars In General, nn. ¶2180, ¶2181, ¶2182 & ¶2183 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. IV, Article II: On The Privilege Of Exemption, n. ¶2184 — 2184. - EXEMPTION is a privilege by which either some place or person (physical or moral), or a place and person at the same time, within the territory of some ordinary jurisdiction, is withdrawn from the same. Some exem… Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 1. What The Exemption Of Regulars Comprehends, nn. ¶2185, ¶2186, ¶2187 & ¶2188 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 2. What The Exemption Of Regulars Does Not Comprehend, nn. ¶2189 & ¶2190 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. IV, Article III: On The Other Privileges Of Regulars, n. ¶2191 — 2191. - Regulars have from common law, either directly or by communication, the following FACULTIES: 1. "Generals and Provincials of Regulars can erect private ORATORIES in their Convents and Colleges, provided they are … Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Chapter V: On Religious In A State Of Dispersion, nn. ¶2192, ¶2193, ¶1, ¶2 & ¶2194 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. I, Question VIII: Concerning Religious and Nuns, nn. ¶4433–¶4462 (30 passages)
The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)
Bk. III, Title XXXI: On Regulars and Those Passing to Religion, cc. 1–24 (24 passages)
Bk. III, Title XXXV: On the Status of Monks and Regular Canons, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Bk. III, Tit. XXXVI, That They Be Subject to the Bishop, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Liber Sextus of Boniface VIII
Bk. III, Title XIV: On Regulars and Those Passing to Religion, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Bk. III, Title XVI: On the State of Regulars, c. 1 — Chapter I. Nuns who have professed tacitly or expressly cannot leave the enclosures of the monastery, nor can others enter to them, unless a legitimate cause and the superior's license intervene. This states the point. — § 1. In a … Read in context →
Bk. III, Title XVII: On Religious Houses, c. 1 — Chapter I. It is not lawful to create a new order or religious institute, or to create or assume the habit of a new religious institute. And Mendicant orders created after the council and not approved by the Pope are revoked. Domin… Read in context →
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, The Second Commandment, Case 4. A Dispensation in the Vow of Poverty, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 1. A Vocation to Religion, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 2. Impediments to Entering Religion, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 3. Obstacles to Vocation, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 4. Religious and Seculars, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 5. The Obligation of the Rule, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 6. A Religious Legatee, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9 & ¶10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 7. Various Questions on Poverty, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 8. A Meddling Lawyer, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9 & ¶10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 9. A Wide Interpretation of the Rule, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 10. The Vow of Chastity, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 11. Solemnity of Vows, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases II, Penance, Case 8. A Privilege of Regulars, n. ¶1 — Titius, the confessor of the pupils in a certain college of Regulars, during the vacation visits a house in another diocese which some of the pupils occupy, and one of them asks Titius to hear his confession. Titius agre… Read in context →
Slater, Cases II, Penance, Case 9. A Regular's Approbation, n. ¶1 — Caius, a regular priest, after successfully passing the examination required by the Bishop, received from him ordinary faculties until the next synod. The superior of the house, who alone went to the synod, carried with … Read in context →
The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Case LXXII: Members of Religious Orders and Personal Property, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. IV, Case XLIV: The Sense of the Words “Pure Virgin” in the Constitution of a Religious Order, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3 & ¶4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. V, Case XXXIV: Forcing a Person to Enter the Convent, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3 & ¶4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. V, Case XXXV: A Gift Unlawfully Made by a Religious, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6 & ¶7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. V, Case XXXVI: Dispensation from Solemn Vows, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5 & ¶6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)
Pt. II, Causa XIX, c. ¶ — GRATIAN. Two clerics wish to pass to a monastery; each sought permission from his bishop. One, having left his own church against the bishop’s will, betook himself there; the other, having left a regular canonry, betook … Read in context →
Pt. II, Causa XIX, Question I, cc. ¶ & 1 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XIX, Question II, cc. ¶, 1 & 2 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XIX, Question III, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XX, c. ¶ — GRATIAN. Two persons in the years of childhood were handed over to a monastery by their parents; one unwillingly, the other voluntarily, put on the cowl. When they reached the years of puberty, the unwilling one returned… Read in context →
Pt. II, Causa XX, Question I, cc. ¶ & 1–16 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XX, Question II, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3 & 4 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XX, Question III, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XX, Question IV, cc. ¶, 1, 2 & 3 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XXXIII, Question V, cc. ¶ & 1–20 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Fourth. On the Euchar…, Chapter First. On the Euch…, Question Fourth. On the Mi…, Article First. On the Power of Ministering the Eucharist, n. 127 — 127. On the power delegated to regulars. 1. Regulars, by force of the privilege of the supreme pontiffs, can in their churches or oratories, both by themselves and through other priests, distribute the Eucharist to any o… Read in context →
Vol. III, Bk. VI, Question Four. Concerning the Minister of Extreme Unction., n. 439 — 439. The Minister of Extreme Unction is every priest and only a priest, which was expressly defined by the Council of Trent; for St. James had said that the priests of the Church should be brought in, who should pray ove… Read in context →
On the Prohibition and Censorship of Books (De prohibitione et censura librorum)
Chapter IX: By What Power Books Are Prohibited, n. 64 — Whether exempt Regulars are held by the prohibitions of Bishops 64. Hence you will ask whether or not exempt Regulars are held by Episcopal prohibitions. Opinions of those who affirm, and arguments Most affirm that they … Read in context →
Tit. I, Ch. IX, Art. 25, I. On Ordinary Power, n. 96 — Which Prelates possess this faculty 96. 2. Prelates to whom quasi-episcopal jurisdiction belongs are Nuncios, Apostolic Vicars, Capitular Vicars, and Superiors of exempt Regulars, both Generals and Provincials, and also,… Read in context →
Tit. I, Ch. IX, Art. 25, II. On Delegated Power, n. 97 — Faculties delegated by the Holy See 97. Greater faculties are sometimes delegated by the Apostolic See to the same Prelates, by which they are permitted to concede to their subjects a general faculty of reading and retai… Read in context →
Tit. I, Ch. IX, Art. 26, I. On the Former Part, n. 98 — An apostolic faculty does not permit books prohibited by Bishops 98. 1. The Holy See does not lack the power of permitting someone books prohibited by Ordinaries, but the intention or will is lacking unless the indult gi… Read in context →
Tit. II, Ch. I, Article 36, n. 113 — It confirms the disposition of Clement 113. 1. That clause reports, almost to the letter, the words of the Instruction of Clement VIII added to the Rules of the Index. From this: Equally with the rest they are subject to… Read in context →
Tit. II, Ch. I, Article 37, n. 114 — The former law partly abrogated 114. 1. By the former law, by order of Alexander VII, those dwelling in the Pontifical State had to offer their books to be approved by the previous censure of the Cardinal Vicar of the Ci… Read in context →
Tit. II, Ch. V, Article 48, n. 126 — Difference from the Tridentine censure 126. 1. Thus, by expressing it more clearly, the Tridentine excommunication is renewed, which nevertheless struck only anonymous books, while, according to interpreters of the Const… Read in context →
The True Spouse of Jesus Christ
St. Alphonsus, True Spouse, Introduction, nn. ¶26–¶98, ¶100, ¶101, ¶102, ¶103, ¶104, ¶107, ¶108 & ¶109 (81 passages — hover a number to read it)
Chapter I: The Merit of Virgins Who Have Consecrated Themselves to God, nn. ¶110, ¶111, ¶121, ¶126, ¶127, ¶128, ¶133, ¶134, ¶135, ¶136, ¶139, ¶140, ¶141, ¶142, ¶143, ¶144, ¶149, ¶150, ¶151, ¶152, ¶153, ¶161, ¶162, ¶163, ¶170, ¶171, ¶172, ¶173, ¶178, ¶179, ¶184, ¶191, ¶194, ¶195, ¶196, ¶197, ¶200, ¶206, ¶207, ¶211, ¶215, ¶222 & ¶226 (43 passages — hover a number to read it)
Chapter II: The Advantages of the Religious State, nn. ¶227, ¶228, ¶229, ¶232, ¶233, ¶234, ¶236, ¶237, ¶239, ¶240, ¶241, ¶245, ¶248, ¶249, ¶250, ¶254, ¶257, ¶258, ¶259, ¶260, ¶261, ¶264, ¶265, ¶267, ¶268, ¶269, ¶271, ¶273, ¶274, ¶275, ¶276, ¶281, ¶282, ¶286, ¶287, ¶288, ¶290, ¶292, ¶298 & ¶299 (40 passages — hover a number to read it)
Chapter III: The Religious Should Belong Entirely to God, nn. ¶300, ¶301, ¶302, ¶303, ¶313, ¶321, ¶334, ¶338, ¶347, ¶348, ¶351, ¶356, ¶359, ¶365, ¶368, ¶370, ¶371, ¶374, ¶375, ¶376, ¶377, ¶378, ¶379, ¶380, ¶381, ¶382, ¶383, ¶385, ¶386, ¶387, ¶388, ¶389, ¶390, ¶391, ¶392, ¶393, ¶394 & ¶397 (38 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. V, Who Is But Little Afraid o…, Exposes Her Salvation, nn. ¶472, ¶473, ¶474, ¶475, ¶477, ¶480, ¶481, ¶485, ¶490, ¶495, ¶502, ¶503, ¶505, ¶509, ¶510, ¶512, ¶513, ¶515, ¶516, ¶517, ¶521 & ¶523 (22 passages — hover a number to read it)
Chapter VI: Continuation of the Same Subject, nn. ¶525, ¶526, ¶527, ¶528, ¶529, ¶531, ¶536, ¶539, ¶542, ¶545, ¶546, ¶548, ¶549, ¶551, ¶557, ¶558, ¶560, ¶561, ¶562, ¶566, ¶567, ¶569, ¶572, ¶573, ¶574 & ¶579 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)
Chapter VII: Interior Mortification, or Abnegation of Self-love—Obedience, nn. ¶707, ¶708, ¶709, ¶714, ¶715, ¶718, ¶722, ¶725, ¶726, ¶727, ¶730, ¶731, ¶732, ¶733, ¶734, ¶739, ¶740, ¶741, ¶744, ¶749, ¶750, ¶751, ¶752, ¶753, ¶754, ¶757, ¶761, ¶762, ¶763, ¶766, ¶767, ¶770, ¶775, ¶776, ¶777, ¶781, ¶782, ¶783, ¶784, ¶788, ¶794, ¶795, ¶796, ¶797, ¶801, ¶805, ¶806, ¶808, ¶810, ¶811, ¶813, ¶814, ¶815, ¶816, ¶821, ¶823, ¶824, ¶825, ¶827, ¶828, ¶831, ¶832, ¶837, ¶838, ¶839, ¶840, ¶842, ¶844, ¶847, ¶848, ¶849, ¶850, ¶853, ¶854, ¶857, ¶858, ¶859, ¶862, ¶867, ¶868, ¶870, ¶871, ¶872, ¶873, ¶876, ¶881, ¶882, ¶887, ¶891, ¶897, ¶898, ¶901 & ¶902 (93 passages — hover a number to read it)
Chapter IX: Religious Poverty, nn. ¶1129, ¶1130, ¶1131, ¶1135, ¶1136, ¶1139, ¶1140, ¶1144, ¶1155, ¶1162, ¶1171, ¶1172, ¶1176, ¶1180, ¶1186, ¶1191, ¶1192, ¶1194, ¶1195, ¶1197, ¶1198, ¶1199, ¶1201, ¶1202, ¶1203, ¶1204, ¶1205, ¶1206, ¶1207, ¶1208, ¶1209, ¶1211, ¶1212, ¶1213, ¶1215, ¶1222, ¶1223, ¶1224, ¶1225, ¶1226, ¶1231, ¶1232, ¶1235, ¶1236, ¶1239, ¶1240, ¶1241, ¶1242, ¶1244, ¶1248, ¶1249, ¶1252, ¶1253, ¶1254, ¶1255, ¶1257, ¶1258 & ¶1259 (58 passages — hover a number to read it)
Chapter XXIV: Rule of Life for a Religious That Desires to Become a Saint, nn. ¶2798, ¶2799, ¶2800, ¶2801, ¶2802, ¶2803, ¶2804, ¶2805, ¶2806, ¶2807, ¶2808, ¶2816, ¶2817, ¶2818, ¶2819, ¶2820, ¶2821, ¶2822, ¶2823, ¶2825, ¶2826, ¶2830, ¶2831, ¶2832, ¶2838 & ¶2843–¶2856 (39 passages — hover a number to read it)
Socialism: Its Theoretical Basis and Practical Application
Ch. IV, Sect. VII, § I. Communism in Religious Orders, nn. ¶946, ¶947 & ¶948 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treatise on Christian Marriage
Ch. I, Thesis V, nn. ¶107–¶123 (17 passages)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Four: On the Subj…, Article V: On the Dominion of Religious, n. 197 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. X, Part III. On the Particular Obligations of Religious, n. ¶1 — The obligations by which religious, as such, are held are reduced especially to the observance of the vows and of the other rules of each Order. But before something is said concerning the force of these obligations, it … Read in context →
Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. III, Chapter I. On the Nature of the Religious State, nn. 608, 609, 610, 610, Q. 2, 610, Q. 3, 610, Q. 4, 610, Q. 5, 610, Q. 6, 610, Q. 7, 610, Q. 8, 610, Q. 9, 610, Q. 10, 610, Q. 11, 610, Q. 12, 610, Q. 13, 610, Q. 14, 610, Q. 15, 610, Q. 16, 610, Q. 17, 610, Q. 18, 610, Q. 19 & 610, Q. 20 (22 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. III, Chapter II. On Religious Vocation, nn. 611, 612, 612, Q. 2 & 612, Q. 3 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. III, Ch. III, Article I. On the Vow of Poverty, nn. 613, 614, 614, Q. 2, 614, Q. 3, 614, Q. 4, 614, Q. 5, 614, Q. 6, 614, Q. 7, 614, Q. 8, 614, Q. 9, 614, Q. 10, 614, Q. 11, 614, Q. 12 & 615 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. III, Ch. III, Article II. On the Vow of Chastity, nn. 616, 617, 617, Q. 2 & 617, Q. 3 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. III, Ch. III, Article III. On the Vow of Obedience, nn. 618, 619, 619, Q. 2, 619, Q. 3, 619, Q. 4, 619, Q. 5, 619, Q. 6, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626 & 627 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Ch. VI, Article I. On Impeding Impediments of Marriage, nn. 868 & 869 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion
Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, B. GOOD WORKS, VIRTUE, SIN, VICE, VIII. THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL …, 5. PATIENCE, MEEKNESS, PEACEABLENESS, PEACEABLENESS, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5 & ¶6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXVII: On Thef…, Question VII: On the thefts of religious, nn. 1–25 (25 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question VI: Whether fear inflicted on another makes a vow invalid, nn. 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106 & 107 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Religious State, or on Solemn Vows, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Section I: On the Vows of Religious in Common, n. 1 — As in ancient times in the Mosaic law there were some sacrifices which the people offered to God in part, and others which they offered totally; so in the law of grace the Church dedicates some to God in part through sim… Read in context →
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question I: In what solemn vows differ from simple vows, nn. 1–66 (66 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question II: Whether solemn vows are necessary to the religious state, nn. 1–23 (23 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question III: Whether, and how, this state is holy, nn. 1–164 (164 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question IV: Whether the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience are essential to the religious state, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question VI: Who are to be received into religion, nn. 1–19 (19 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question VII: On novices, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question VIII: What is required for profession in religion, nn. 1–23 (23 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question IX: Whether, and how, religious are bound to perfection, nn. 1–45 (45 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question X: Whence the greater perfection of a religious order is to be judged, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question XI: On passing to another religious order, nn. 1–24 (24 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question XII: On the expulsion of religious, nn. 1–19 (19 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question XIII: Whether every religious is bound to all the counsels, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question XIV: Whether religious ought to teach, preach, etc., nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question XV: Whether religious ought to labor with their hands, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation III: On the Vow of Obedience, n. 1 — The Seraphic Doctor splendidly illustrates OBEDIENCE under a twofold title, as the school of the Savior, and the ladder of salvation, in Diaeta salut. tit. 3. cap. 2. where he assigns the proofs and the degrees of this h… Read in context →
Tr. IV, Disputation III: On the Vo…, Question I: Whether the vow of obedience is chief among the religious vows, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation III: On the Vo…, Question II: What obedience is promised in religion, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation III: On the Vo…, Question III: Whether religious are bound to obey prelates in all things, nn. 1–34 (34 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation III: On the Vo…, Question IV: Whether one doubting whether the thing commanded is lawful is bound to obey the prelate, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation III: On the Vo…, Question V: Whether all the statutes of religious orders bind under sin, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow of Poverty, n. 1 — SINCE the price of heaven, appraised by Christ, is the spirit of poverty: Blessed are the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven, no one who wishes to purchase such treasures can exempt himself from this poverty; Trul… Read in context →
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Question I: On the essence of this vow, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Question II: Which poverty is more excellent, nn. 1–30 (30 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Question III: Whether mendicancy befits religious poverty, nn. 1–42 (42 passages)
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)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Question VI: How poverty is violated, nn. 1–27 (27 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Q. VI, Doubt I: Whether prelates can grant religious an annual allowance, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Q. VI, Doubt II: Whether a religious who has superfluities by his superior's permission is a proprietor, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Q. VI, Doubt III: Whether a religious sins by accepting alms for others, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Q. VI, Doubt IV: Whether a legacy to a religious stands, as belonging to him personally, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Question VII: On the penalties and the marks of a proprietor, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation V: On the Vow of Chastity, n. 1 — You have the INCORRUPTIBLE Lily of Chastity, at once fragrant with the odor of purity and aflame with the ardor of heavenly things, in the Seraphic Doctor in the Dieta, tit. 4. cap. 4., where he pours forth the snowy lea… Read in context →
Tr. IV, Disputation V: On the Vow …, Question I: What difference there is between cloistered and clerical chastity, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation V: On the Vow …, Question II: From what time the solemn vow of chastity began to make a subsequent marriage invalid, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation V: On the Vow …, Question III: Whether one who solemnly vows chastity dissolves a marriage, whether consummated or ratified, and by what law and from what time this began to be done, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation V: On the Vow …, Question IV: By what law, and from what time, religious chastity began to be sealed by enclosure, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation V: On the Vow …, Question V: In what ways enclosure is violated, n. 1 — This question touches both Monks and Nuns, since enclosure has been enjoined upon both in favor of Chastity, although it has been prescribed by stricter law to women on account of the greater urgency of danger, and Suare… Read in context →
Tr. IV, Disputation V: On the Vow …, Q. V, Subquestion I: In what ways a religious violates enclosure by going out, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation V: On the Vow …, Q. V, Subquestion II: In what ways the enclosure of religious men is violated by the entrance of outsiders, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation V: On the Vow …, Q. V, Subquestion III: How the enclosure of nuns is violated by going out, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation V: On the Vow …, Q. V, Subquestion IV: On entrance into the enclosure of nuns, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation V: On the Vow …, Question VI: Whether dispensation can be granted in religious chastity, and who can dispense in enclosure, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. VII, Disputation II: On the Sta…, Question VII: Whether those bishops who were formerly religious are bound to regular observance, nn. 1–14 (14 passages)
Tr. VII, Disputation III: On the State of Regular Prelacy, n. 1 — CUM the most excellent state of the Church is divided into two parts, the Clerical and the Monastic, after the Praelates of the Clerics have been treated in the preceding books, it now fittingly occurs to treat of the Pr… Read in context →
Tr. VII, Disputation III: On the St…, Question I: Whether the state of regular prelacy is necessary in a religious order, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. VII, Disputation III: On the St…, Question II: How the prelate of a religious order is to be chosen, nn. 1–24 (24 passages)
Tr. VII, Disputation III: On the St…, Question III: How many prelates there are in one religious order, and what order among them, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. VII, Disputation III: On the St…, Question IV: Whether it befits a regular prelate to remain long in the same office, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)
Tr. VII, Disputation III: On the St…, Question V: Whether a religious prelate has the power of coercing subjects with penalties, both spiritual and corporal, nn. 1–21 (21 passages)
Tr. VII, Disputation III: On the St…, Question VI: What solemnities a regular prelate, acting in judgment, is bound to observe, nn. 1–31 (31 passages)
Tr. VII, Disputation III: On the St…, Question VII: Whether appeal can be made from a regular prelate or judge, nn. 1–18 (18 passages)
Tr. VII, Disputation III: On the St…, Question VIII: Who is the judge from whom, and to whom, appeal is made, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. VII, Disputation III: On the St…, Question IX: Whether a regular prelate can dispense his subject, which subject, and in what, nn. 1–38 (38 passages)
Tr. VII, Disputation III: On the St…, Question X: What power a regular prelate has to absolve, both from sins and from penalties, nn. 1–17 (17 passages)
Tr. VII, Disputation III: On the St…, Question XI: Whether a regular prelate has the power to administer temporal things, and what power, nn. 1–27 (27 passages)
Tr. VII, Disputation III: On the St…, Question XII: Whether regular prelates can do anything concerning the conferring of orders and the blessing of things or places, and what, nn. 1–22 (22 passages)
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 Laws, n. 272 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Particular States, nn. 261, 262, 277, 268, 273, 277, 280, 282, 288 & 300 (45 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Particular States, nn. ¶87, ¶88, ¶89, ¶92, ¶98, ¶105, ¶106, ¶114 & ¶130 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, Volume III: On the Decalogue
Diss. II, One Extorted by Fear or Er…, Chapter IX — On the vow of assuming the religious state, nn. I, II, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII–XX, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII & IX (46 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Dissertation V — On the religious state, n. ¶1 — Prologue. I have published four volumes upon this argument, of which the first is entitled Historico-Apologetic Commentary, and so forth; the other, Apostolico-Monastic Discipline. Against this Apostolico-Monastic Discipline two v… Read in context →
Diss. V, Chapter I — The notion of the religious state, and its obligation of aspiring to evangelical perfection, nn. I–XIV (14 passages)
Diss. V, Chapter II — On the vow of poverty, nn. I, II, III & IV (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
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 VI — How hostilely life-rents fight with the vow of monastic poverty. The excuses and sophisms with which the corruption of private purses is wont to be encrusted, nn. I, II & III (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Diss. V, Chapter VII — On the games of Regulars, and other things which fight with the vow of poverty, nn. I, II & III (3 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)
Diss. V, Chapter IX — On the vow of chastity and of obedience, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII & IX (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Diss. V, Chapter X — On the noviceship of Regulars, nn. I, II, III, IV & V (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Diss. V, Chapter XI — On the profession of Regulars, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII & IX (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Diss. V, Chapter XII — On the study of letters upon which Regulars are bound to apply themselves; what method is to be observed in learning the sciences, nn. I, II, III, IV, V & ¶1 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract IX. On theological c…, Ch. III, Art. III, Appendix on Spiritual Perfection and on the State of Perfection, n. 624 — 624. 1. St. Paul admonishes: "Above all things have charity, which is the bond of perfection"; for charity is the form of all the virtues, orders them to the supernatural end, and gives to them their proper notion of mer… Read in context →
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Moral Part — Chapter II: On the Confessor, nn. 376, 380, 392, 394, 406 & 444 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Appendix: On Indulgences, nn. 635 & 636 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Holy Orders (Volume I), On Holy Orders, n. 1154 — 1154. 4° On the previous examination. (a) Anyone to be promoted, whether secular or religious, must undergo a previous and diligent examination concerning the very order to be received. (b) One to be promoted to sacred o… Read in context →