A Topic of Moral Theology
What excuses from Sunday rest
Serious inconvenience, custom, necessity — one's own, another's, the common good — works of charity and piety; leave of the parish priest.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
having to work on sunday · necessary work on sunday (ed.)
In the index as Liberal · Works · Bishop · Custom · Dispensation · Servants · Artisans · Bakers · Barbers · Blacksmiths · Bread · CHARITY excuses on a feast day as regards labor · Causes · Causes for dispensing in impediments of matrimony · Children · Conductors on railways · Cook · Dispensation as regards SERVILE WORKS on a feast day · Excuse from a law · Extraordinary utility excuses on a feast day as regards labor · Festive rest · Idleness · Leisure · Leisure to be avoided
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Third. On the Third P…, Question Third. On the Pro…, Article Second. On the Causes Excusing from Labor, nn. 273, 274, 275, 276 & 277 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. III, Chapter II. Servile Work, n. 4 — As we saw with regard to the hearing of Mass, so in this matter too, if the precept cannot be observed without serious inconvenience, it ceases to bind. And so, work in foundries or in agriculture which cannot be stopped… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the Third Precept of th…, II. On the Prohibition of Servile Works, n. 661 — What are the causes excusing from prohibited works? - There are chiefly six excusing causes: dispensation, custom, piety, charity, necessity, utility, as is clear from the common opinion of theologians. L. 288. Dispensat… Read in context →
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 Third Precept of th…, Ch. II, Article II. On the Causes on Account of Which Servile Works Can Be Permitted on a Feast Day, n. 361 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, On the Virtue of Religion …, Chapter III: On the Sanctification of Sunday, nn. 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046 & 1047 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. IV, Pt. III, Chapter II: The Observance of Sundays and Holydays of Obligation, n. ¶21 — Among the causes which excuse a man from the observance of the law forbidding servile labor on Sundays and holydays of obligation are: dispensation, legitimate custom, necessity, charity (nursing the sick, burying the de… Read in context →
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. III, Ch. II, ARTICLE II: On the Causes on Account of Which Servile Works Are Permitted, nn. ¶664, ¶665, ¶666, ¶667, ¶668 & ¶669 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. II, Art. VII, § 4. On Cessation from Servile Works, nn. 495 & 496 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section B: On the Acts of …, Ch. II, Question Two: On the Observance of Feasts, nn. 689 & 690 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation VIII: On the O…, Question VII: On the causes excusing from violation of a feast, nn. 1–18 (18 passages)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, The Third Commandment, Case 2. Servile Work, nn. ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Servile Work — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · The Roman Catechism · The Casuist · Spirago · Deshon, Guide — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)