A Topic of Moral Theology
Holy Days of Obligation
The duty of hearing Mass and resting from servile work on appointed days.
The works themselves ask 6 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
See also Hearing Mass of Precept — in The Lord's Day (Third Commandment) · Servile Work — in The Lord's Day (Third Commandment) · Servile Work — in The Lord's Day (Third Commandment)
Also asked about as…
days i must go to mass (ed.)
In the index as Feasts of the Lord, of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for indulgences · Feast · Lord's day · Precept · Tithes · A cunctis (prayer) · Feasts of precept · Historical matters, concerning the name of Clergy · Observation of feasts · Patron saint · Prayer · Regulars · Sunday to be kept holy
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VIII, Chapter I. On Keeping Certain Days Holy, n. 1 — WHAT pertains to the obligation of hearing Mass and abstaining from servile work on Sundays and holy days of obligation has been already explained under the Third Commandment of the Decalogue. It only remains to add a fe… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the First and Second Precepts of the Church, nn. 1548, 1549, 1550 & 1551 (4 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)
89. On Tithes, on the Institution of Feasts, nn. 1 & 2 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, Bk. III, Tr. I, Title I: On the Precept of the Sanctification of Feasts, n. ¶1 — (cc. 1243-1249) Utility. - I. Concerning positive sanctification. The apostolic man must first of all endeavor to persuade not a merely literal observation of the precept, but also the true religious intention of these p… Read in context →
Vol. III, Bk. III, Tr. I, Tit. I, Article I: General Things, nn. 852, 853, 854, 855, 856 & 857 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Bk. III, Tr. II, Appendices, To n. 852. - Appendix XVII. Historical Matters Concerning the Sanctification of Feasts, n. ¶1 — From the beginnings of the Church the faithful began to appoint for divine service one day of the week, the day which they called the Lord's day (Apoc., I, 10) because of the resurrection of Christ. But while the sanctif… Read in context →
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. ¶1 & 685 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation VIII: On the O…, Question I: On the origin of feast days, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation VIII: On the O…, Question II: Whose it is to institute feasts to be kept under mortal sin, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
The 1917 Code of Canon Law
Sect. II, Title XIII: Of Feast Days, cann. 1247, 1248 & 1249 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)
Pt. III, Distinction III, cc. ¶ & 1–30 (31 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Commandments of the Church — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · 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.)