A Topic of Moral Theology

Duties of servants and workmen

Reverence, fidelity and obedience; secrets of the household; theft by servants

Also asked about as…

employee duties · obeying my boss · slacking at work · wasting time at work (ed.)

In the index as Servants · Servant (Famulus) · Workers (Operarii) · Obedience (Obedientia) · Wage (Stipendium) · Master · OBLIGATIONS of collators to Benefices · Offices · Reverence (Reverentia) · Artisans · Bakers (Pistores) · Booksellers (Bibliopolae) · Capitalists · Cloth-makers (Pannifices) · Cobbler-shoemakers (Sutores) · Contracts · Corporations · Craftsmen · Disobedience · Duties · Employers · Faith · Goldsmiths and Silversmiths (Aurifabri et argentarii) · Insurance

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Fourth. On the Fourth…, Question Second. On Obliga…, Article Third. On the Obli…, Section 1. On the Obligations of Servants, nn. 300, 301 & 302 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

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

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…, X. On the Obligations of Masters and Servants, n. 153 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Third Commentary: On the F…, XI. On Masters and Workers, nn. 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165 & 166 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On the Fourth Precept of t…, V. Obligations of Inferiors and Superiors, nn. 695, 696, 697, 698 & 699 (5 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)

96. On Workmen, nn. 1 & 2 (14 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. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Fourth Precept of t…, Ch. IV, Art. I, § II. On the Obligations of Servants, n. 383 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Treatise on Particular Sta…, Part First. On the State o…, Chapter IX. On the State of Craftsmen and Workmen, n. 37 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. IV, Ch. IV, Art. I, § 1. On the Obligations of Servants, nn. ¶1, ¶705 & ¶706 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. IV, Art. I, § II. On The Obligations Of Servants, nn. ¶448 & ¶449 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART FIRST: ON THE STATE O…, CHAPTER VIII: ON THE STATE OF CRAFTSMEN AND WORKERS, n. ¶1081 — 1081. - Craftsmen and workers must be carefully examined by the confessor: for generally in Confession they are silent about the injustices and sins proper to their condition. I. In general they are unjust by selling or … Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. II, Observance, and Obedience,…, Ch. II, Parents, Etc, Article IV. On the Obligations of Masters and Servants, n. 596 — 596. Obligations of servants and workers. Servants and workers are bound to render to household masters and masters: 1. reverence; 2. obedience and faithful service. 1. Reverence. For this follows from the virtue of obse… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. III, Question Two: On Letting a…, Article III: On the Letting of Services, or On the Contract of Labor, n. 550 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Fourth Precept of t…, Ch. III, Article III. On the Duties of Employers and Workers, n. 260 — Pius X, in the Motu Proprio of December 18, 1903, hands down the fundamental norms of Christian popular action, among which some clearly place before the eyes the duties of workers and of the wealthy. 1st. "The duties of… Read in context →

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 2. Dishonest Servants, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Guide for Catholic Young Women

Chapter XLII: True Idea of Service, nn. ¶507, ¶508, ¶509, ¶510, ¶511, ¶512, ¶513 & ¶514 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Chapter XLIII: True Idea of Service. — How to Correspond to It, nn. ¶515, ¶516, ¶517, ¶518, ¶519, ¶520, ¶521, ¶522, ¶523 & ¶524 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Chapter XLIV: True Idea of Service.—examples, nn. ¶525, ¶526, ¶527, ¶528, ¶529, ¶530, ¶531, ¶532, ¶533, ¶534 & ¶535 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Chapter XLV: On the Choice of a Place, nn. ¶536–¶555 (20 passages)

Chapter XLVI: How to Regard One’s Employers, nn. ¶556, ¶557, ¶558, ¶559, ¶560, ¶561, ¶562, ¶563, ¶564 & ¶566 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Chapter XLVII: Continuation.—examples, nn. ¶567–¶585 (19 passages)

Chapter XLVIII: Continuation, nn. ¶586, ¶587, ¶588, ¶589, ¶590, ¶591, ¶592, ¶593 & ¶594 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Chapter XLIX: Doctrine of Scripture on This Subject, nn. ¶595, ¶596, ¶597, ¶598, ¶599, ¶600, ¶601, ¶602 & ¶603 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Chapter L: Of Diligence, nn. ¶604–¶619 (16 passages)

Chapter LI: Advantages of Diligence, nn. ¶620–¶635 (16 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Duties of Masters and Servants — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)