A Topic of Moral Theology

Evil Schools

Schools whose teaching or atmosphere endangers faith and morals, and the Church's judgement on them.

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dangerous schools · non-catholic schools · schools hostile to faith · secular schools · sending children to public school (ed.)

In the index as Non-Catholic school · Schools · Teachers

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 Second. On the Obl…, Sect. 2, On Children to Be Sent to Non-Catholic Schools, nn. 298 & 299 (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, Sect. II, Scholion I. On Non-Catholic Schools, n. 714 — I. Among non-Catholic schools: 1. Some are so harmful that the danger to faith or morals cannot, morally speaking, become remote, for example if children would continually hear bad doctrine or would be compelled to be pr… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. IV, Art. II, § VIII. On Evil Schools, n. 474 — These matters were treated at length in volume I, n. 714 sq.Read in context →

Public School Education

CHAPTER III. Origin of the Public School System, nn. ¶1–¶62 (62 passages)

CHAPTER IV. Expose of the Public School System, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

CHAPTER XIII. The Catholic Priest on the Public School System, nn. ¶1–¶56 (56 passages)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Slater, Cases I, The Fourth Commandment, Case 5. Catholics at Non-catholic Secondary Schools, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 2. The Sins Against F…, Dangerous Schools, nn. 867, 868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 873 & 874 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, LITTLE APPENDIX: ON PARENTS COMMITTING OFFSPRING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE INSTRUCTED.<sup>2</sup>, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶435, ¶436, ¶437, ¶438, ¶439 & ¶440 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE SACRAMENT …, PART THIRD: ON THE MINISTE…, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the Manner of Acting with Various Kinds of Penitents, nn. ¶21, ¶1460, ¶1461, ¶1462 & ¶1463 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VII. On theological …, Ch. III, Art. III, § 2. On attendance at non-Catholic schools, nn. ¶80, 528 & 529 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Occasions of Sin — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist · Spirago · Scott, You and Yours — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)