A Topic of Moral Theology
Liberty of worship
The claim that a man may embrace whatever worship he pleases, and the Church's judgement on it.
The works themselves ask 15 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Poincare, Henri · Christianity · Heresy · Liberty · Science · Unbelief · Worship, liberty of
In the manuals
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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 the Theological Virtues, n. 369 — On Liberty of Worship. “15. Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, led by the light of reason, he shall have thought true. — 16. Men can find the way of eternal salvation in the worship of any religion whatever and can a… Read in context →
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Faith, On the Vices Opposed to Fa…, On liberty of worship, nn. 1–18 (18 passages)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation II: On Unbelief, Question VI: Whether the rites of unbelievers are to be permitted, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tolerance
Vermeersch, Tolerance, Third Part: Corollaries an…, First Section: Doctrinal Questions, nn. ¶1114, ¶1115, ¶1116, ¶1117, ¶1118, ¶1119, ¶1120, ¶1121, ¶1123, ¶1126, ¶1127, ¶1132, ¶1135, ¶1136, ¶1137, ¶1141, ¶1142, ¶1146, ¶1147, ¶1149, ¶1150, ¶1154, ¶1157, ¶1158, ¶1159, ¶1160, ¶1161, ¶1162, ¶1164, ¶1165, ¶1166, ¶1167, ¶1169, ¶1170, ¶1171, ¶1172, ¶1175, ¶1176, ¶1178, ¶1179, ¶1180, ¶1181, ¶1182, ¶1183, ¶1184, ¶1188, ¶1189, ¶1191, ¶1192, ¶1193, ¶1196, ¶1198, ¶1199, ¶1200, ¶1202, ¶1203, ¶1204, ¶1205, ¶1207, ¶1208, ¶1210, ¶1211, ¶1214 & ¶1215 (64 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vermeersch, Tolerance, Conclusion, nn. ¶1355, ¶1356, ¶1360, ¶1361, ¶1362, ¶1365, ¶1366, ¶1367, ¶1370, ¶1371, ¶1372, ¶1373, ¶1374, ¶1376, ¶1377, ¶1378, ¶1379, ¶1381, ¶1382, ¶1383, ¶1385, ¶1386 & ¶1387 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Sharing in non-Catholic worship — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases I · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)