A Topic of Moral Theology
Illegitimate children
The duties of the mother and father toward them.
The works themselves ask 6 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Children · Son of the family · Succession · Legitimacy of children · Marriage · Minor children with respect to matrimony · Effects · Illegitimate children · Parents · Debts · Dowry · Husband · Illegitimacy · Illegitimates · Incestuous children · Legitimation · Matrimonial dispensation · Natural child · Parent · Rescript · Sacrilege is incurred by a cleric in sacred orders sinning against chastity even internally · Sanation in the root of matrimony · Solemn profession · Spurious children
In the manuals
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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…, Section 1. On the Obligations of Children, nn. 287, 288, 289, 290, 291 & 292 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. IV, Chapter II. Duties of Parents to Children, n. 4 — The duties of parents extend to illegitimate as well as to legitimate children. The duty of caring for an illegitimate child falls primarily on the mother, who, before a year has elapsed from its birth, may obtain from t… 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)
55. On the Obligations of Parents, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (28 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. IX, Article II: Concerning the Legitimacy of Children, nn. 262, ¶6883, ¶6884, ¶6885, ¶6886, 263, ¶6888, ¶6889, ¶6890, 264, ¶6892, ¶6893, ¶6894, ¶6895, ¶6896, 265, ¶6898, ¶6899, ¶6900, 266, ¶6902, ¶6903, ¶6904, ¶6905, ¶6906, ¶6907, ¶6908, ¶6909, ¶6910, ¶6911, ¶6912, ¶6913 & ¶6914 (33 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation XIII: On the O…, Sect. I, Question VIII: To what a woman is bound who has a son by adultery, or has passed off a child as her husband's, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Duties of Parents to Children — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910) · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · The Roman Catechism · Scott, You and Yours · Müller, Public School Education — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)