A Topic of Moral Theology
Holiness of Life
The holiness required of clerics by their state: interior sanctity and its outward exercise.
The works themselves ask 12 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
- Holiness required of clerics; the state of perfection ▸ 1 subtopics
In the index as Profession of Faith · Clerics · Priests · Artificial hair · Bestiality · Chastity · Clergyman’s demeanor · Cleric · Cohabitation · Ecclesiastical garb · Holiness · Modernism · Oath · Obedience · Obligations · Pastors · Probity · Ring · Studies of clerics · Tonsure
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter I. Holiness of Life, 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, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. I, Article I. On Positive Duties, nn. 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163 & 1164 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. II, Ch. I, Art. I, § 1. On Holiness Of Life, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶2197 & ¶2198 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. I, Question VII: Concerning Priests and Pastors, nn. ¶4401–¶4432 (32 passages)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. II, Ch. I, Article I. On the Positive Obligations of Clerics, n. 567 — I. - On Holiness of Life. I say. Clerics ought to lead an interior and exterior life holier than laymen, and to excel them in virtue and right deeds as an example (Can. 124). Although the necessity of this holiness does not properly need proof, n… Read in context →
The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Case LXII: The Clergyman’s Demeanor, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6 & ¶7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Clerics, Case 1. Vocation to the Priesthood, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Clerics, Case 2. A Doubtful Vocation, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Fourth. On Particular…, Book Second. On the Precep…, Question First. On Vocation to the Clerical State, nn. 751 & 752 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. VII, Ch. III, § 1. On the Required Vocation, n. 688 — — Since, especially today, orders are not received without some intention and hope of priesthood, we must be solicitous about vocation to the sacerdotal state alone. Concerning this, these few things are noted. 1. By the… Read in context →
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)
97. On the Holy Life of Clerics, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (39 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART SECOND: ON THE STATE …, Ch. I, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, Art. I, § I. On Sanctity of Life, n. ¶1082 — 1082. - How great the internal sanctity and exterior edification of Clerics must be needs neither demonstration nor exposition. For the very idea alone of Clericate and Priesthood manifestly argues this. Therefore in ver… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Order, Question Five: On the Subject of Order, n. 739 (29 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. VII, Disputation II: On the Sta…, Question I: Whether a bishop is in the state of perfection, nn. 1–29 (29 passages)
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 Second. On the State …, Ch. I, Art. I, § I. On Holiness of Life, n. 38 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. I, Chapter VI — On the vocation of those to be initiated, and the signs by which it can be discerned, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X & XI (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Special Duties of Clerics — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · 1917 Code of Canon Law · Decretals of Gregory IX · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)