A Topic of Moral Theology
Why states and offices bring special duties
The confessor and the duties of his penitents' states.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Clerics · Breviary · Advocate · Judge · Poverty · Vow · Doctor · Religious · Canons · Chastity · Curates · Defendant · Obedience · Parish priests · Persons · Priest without charge · Residence of Bishops · Vocation to priesthood · Agency · Arbitrators · Attention · Benefice · Bishops · Celibacy of clergy
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Fourth. On Particular Precepts, n. 718 — 718. 1. From universal precepts, which are common to all men or at least to all the faithful, particular precepts of God or of the Church must be distinguished, which refer only to certain persons, namely to those who ha… Read in context →
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Book I. Duties Attached to Particular States and Offices, n. 1 — IN the preceding volume we have treated of the duties which are incumbent on all-men, or at any rate on all Catholics, by the natural, divine, and ecclesiastical law. Some special duties, however, arise from the nature o… Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. I, Chapter I. Duties of Judges, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. I, Chapter II. Duties of Advocates, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. I, Ch. III, Defendants, and Witnesses, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. I, Chapter IV. Medical Men, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter I. Holiness of Life, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter II. Celibacy of the Clergy, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter III. Clerical Dress, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter IV. Divine Office, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter V. Things Forbidden to Clerics, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter VI. Benefices, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter VII. Special Duties of Bishops, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter VIII. Duties of Canons, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter IX. Duties of Parish Priests, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter X. Priests without Special Charge, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter I. Nature of the Religious State, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter II. Entrance into Religion, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter III. Religious Profession, n. 1 — PROFESSION is the promise lawfully made and accepted by which a religious binds himself to observe the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, according to the constitutions of his order. For the validity of any religi… Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter IV. Religious Poverty, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter V. Vow of Chastity, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter VI. Vow of Obedience, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Question III. The Duties of Particular Classes of Men, n. 2573 — The theological and moral virtues treated in the previous Question are obligatory upon all states and conditions, for all men have the same supernatural destiny, and all alike are bound to govern their acts and their pas… Read in context →
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, First Book: On Persons in …, Introduction, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Duties of Particular States and Offices — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Slater, Cases II — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)