A Topic of Moral Theology
The Rights and Privileges of Clerics
What the clerical state brings with it: the reverence owed to clerics, and the privileges of the canon, of the forum, of immunity from military service and civil offices, and of competence; who enjoys them, and how they are lost
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
benefit of competence · clerical immunity · privilege of the canon · privilege of the forum · privilegium canonis · privilegium fori (ed.)
In the index as Privilege (Privilegium) · Immunity · Clerics (Clerici) · Incardination of a cleric · Cleric · Privilege of forum · Privilege of the canon · Ecclesiastical immunity · Privileges · Abbot nullius · Bishop · Cardinals · Church · Competency · Due Reverence · Historical matters, concerning the name of Clergy · Judge · Lawsuits · Laymen · Military Service · Military service of clerics · Of immunity, privilege · Prerogative of Clerics · Privilege of Canon
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. II, Section I. Preliminary Notes, nn. 1152 & 1153 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Laws, IX. Privileges of Clerics, Bishops, Regulars, n. 260 — What are the privileges of clerics and churches? - 1. The privilege of forum, by which they are exempted from lay magistrates in civil and criminal matters. C. Nullus 2 de For. comp. This privilege belongs to clerics con… Read in context →
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. II, Art. III, Appendix I. On the Privileges of Clerics, nn. 123, 124, 125 & 126 (36 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, First Book: On Persons in …, Tr. I, Chapter II: On the Rights and Privileges of Clerics, nn. 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART SECOND: ON THE STATE …, APPENDIX I: ON THE PRIVILEGES OF CLERICS, nn. ¶1 & ¶1143 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. II, Ch. I, Article II: On Those Things Which Are Prohibited To Clerics, nn. ¶8, ¶9 & ¶2234 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. II, Appendix: On the Privilege…, § I. On the Privileges of Clerics in Common, n. 602 — Clerics enjoy certain privileges from canon law, indeed according to many from divine law. All the faithful owe reverence to clerics, according to their different grades and functions, and they stain themselves with the … Read in context →
The 1917 Code of Canon Law
Sect. I, Title II: Of the Rights and Privileges of Clerics, cann. 118, 119, 120, 121, 122 & 123 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Special Duties of Clerics — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Tanquerey · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases II · The Casuist · Decretals of Gregory IX · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)