A Topic of Moral Theology
Knowing, visiting and correcting the flock
Care of the sick and poor; the parish registers.
The works themselves ask 7 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Pastor · Curates · Duties of pastor toward parishioners · Attestations · Bishop · Correction · Emigration · Pastor’s duty toward parishioners · Tale-bearing · Vicar Capitular
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter IX. Duties of Parish Priests, n. 4 — To be able to fulfil his duties towards the members of his flock, a parish priest must know them, and he should not wait till they come to him; he should visit them and seek out those who have wandered from the fold. He … Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, VI. On Pastors, nn. 234, 235, 236, 237 & 238 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Case XLIX: A Pastor's Watchfulness over his People, nn. ¶1–¶27 (27 passages)
Vol. III, Case LXXI: How Should a Parish Priest Act Towards an Apostate Parishioner Who Is Seriously Ill?, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4 & ¶5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Duties of Parish Priests — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases II — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)