A Topic of Moral Theology
The law of celibacy
Its history and force in the Latin and Eastern Churches.
The works themselves ask 9 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
why priests cannot marry (ed.)
In the index as Celibacy · Clerics · Church · Origin of ecclesiastical celibacy · Vow · Bishop · Celibacy of clergy · Cleric · Clerical continence · Diaconate · Greeks · Order · Orders · Priests · Ruthenians · Sacrilege · Subdiaconate
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter II. Celibacy of the Clergy, n. 1 — THE celibacy of the clergy rests on a positive enactment of ecclesiastical law which, nevertheless, supposes the doctrine of Christ and his Apostles about the excellence of virginity and its superiority to marriage. From… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. I, Art. I, Scholion. On Celibacy, n. 1165 — I. Notion. Celibacy is understood as the state of major clerics, insofar as they are bound to abstain from entering marriage, or, if perhaps before the reception of the subdiaconate they entered it, from the use of it. S… Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 1. The Duties of Memb…, Celibacy, n. 2602 — The Precept of Clerical Celibacy. The Precept of Clerical Celibacy.—(a) Origin.—This law is not divine but ecclesiastical, since it arose, not from any command of Christ, but from a custom of the Church that goes back to the first centuries. Nevertheless… Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Particular States, n. 97 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, I. On the Positive Obligations of Clerics, nn. 97 & 98 (2 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)
97. On the Holy Life of Clerics, n. 2 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
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, § II. On Celibacy, nn. 42 & 44 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Obligations of Stat…, Chapter II: On the Duties of Clerics, nn. 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057 & 1058 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Clerics, Case 3. Clerical Celibacy, nn. ¶1–¶14 (14 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Celibacy of the Clergy — Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Decretum of Gratian — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)