A Topic of Moral Theology

Fifth and Sixth Precepts

The Church's fifth and sixth precepts: the support of the clergy by the faithful, and the proper solemnizing of marriage with no solemn blessing in the forbidden times.

In the index as Precepts of the Church

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 1. The Duties of Memb…, Fifth and Sixth Precepts, n. 2594 — The Fifth and Sixth Precepts of the Church. The Fifth and Sixth Precepts of the Church.—The Fifth Precept commands the proper maintenance of the clergy by the laity. The manner of giving the support is left to the special statutes and customs of each country (Cano… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading The Commandments of the Church — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)