A Topic of Moral Theology

The subject of Orders

Male and baptized; intention; the qualities required for lawful reception; ages and interstices.

Within this topic

In the index as Order · Order, as Sacrament (Ordo, ut Sacramentum) · Orders · Ordination · Clerics · Subdiaconate · Knowledge · Regulars · Title · Age (Aetas) · External requisites · One to be ordained · Subject of order · Vocation to the clerical state · Bishop (Episcopus) · Education · Examination · Interstices (Interstitia) · Letters · Presbyterate · Subdeacon · Time (Tempus) · Title of ordination · A Cleric is made by Tonsure

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Bk. VII, Question Four. Concerning …, Article One. Concerning the Subject Itself., nn. 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469 & 470 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. VIII, Chapter III. The Subject of Orders, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. III, Part I. On the Person Receiving Orders, n. 604 — The subject capable of receiving ordination is every baptized male who has not yet received it (canon 968, § 1). It is said every, even infants and those perpetually without use of reason. "By the concordant judgment of … Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. III, Part II. On Admission and Preparation for the Reception of Orders, n. 605 — I. No one from among seculars is to be ordained who, in the judgment of his proper Bishop, is not necessary or useful for the churches of the diocese. Yet the Bishop is not prohibited from promoting his own subject who i… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. III, Pt. III, Section I. On the Requisites for Valid Reception, n. 606 — I. In infants and those perpetually without use of reason, no intention is required; this follows from the fact that they are incapable of eliciting an intention and yet, if they are ordained, they receive ordination val… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. III, Pt. III, Sect. II, Chapter I. On the Positive Requisites, nn. 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618 & 619 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. IV, Part I. On Those Things which Must Precede Ordination, nn. ¶1, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652 & 653 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. IV, Part IV. On the Notation and Testimony of Ordination Performed, n. 657 — I. When the ordination has been completed, the names of the individual ordained persons and of the ordaining minister, the place and day of ordination, are to be noted in a special book, to be diligently kept in the Curi… Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 4. Holy Orders; Matri…, The Recipient of Orders, nn. 2783, 2784 & 2785 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, On Order, II. On the Minister and Subject of Order, nn. 892–918 (27 passages)

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)

140. On the Subject and Minister of Order, nn. 1 & 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 Order, Chapter IV. On the Subject of the Sacrament of Order, nn. 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717 & 718 (36 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Holy Orders (Volume I), On Holy Orders, nn. 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148 & 1156–1170 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IX, Chapter III. On The Subject Of Order, n. 601 — 601. Preliminary note. Here we treat of those conditions which are required on the part of the subject for valid and licit ordination. For valid ordination three things are required, namely, that the ordinand: 1. be male… Read in context →

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. VII, Chapter III: On The Subject Of Order, n. ¶1911 — 1911. The SUBJECT of Order is a male and baptized man, who, if he is an adult, must have at least a habitual intention of receiving the Sacrament. These things are required for VALID reception of Order, as is established… Read in context →

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. VII, Ch. III, Article I: On The Conditions Which Regard The Soul Of The Ordinand, nn. ¶1, ¶1912, ¶1913, ¶1914, ¶1915 & ¶1916 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. VII, Ch. III, Article II: On The External Conditions Required In The Ordinand, nn. ¶1, ¶1917, ¶1918, ¶1919, ¶1920, ¶1921, ¶1922 & ¶1923 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. VII, Ch. III, Article II: On Those Things Which Regard The Mode Of Ordination, nn. ¶1924, ¶1925 & ¶1926 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. II, Treatise on Order, Chapter IV. On the Subject of the Sacrament of Order, nn. ¶1520, ¶1521, ¶1522 & ¶1523 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Order, Question Five: On the Subject of Order, nn. ¶1 & 737 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XVII, Chapter IV. On the Subject of the Sacrament of Order, nn. 834, 835, 835, Q. 2, 835, Q. 3, 835, Q. 4, 835, Q. 5, 835, Q. 6, 835, Q. 7, 835, Q. 8, 835, Q. 9, 835, Q. 10, 835, Q. 11 & 835, Q. 12 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Chapter VI — Bishops ought to examine those to be initiated into sacred Orders above all upon their knowledge of the Gospels, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII & ¶1 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Diss. I, Chapter V — On the minister and subject of the sacrament of Order, and its effects, nn. I–XVI (16 passages)

The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)

Pt. II, The Sacrament of Holy Orders, nn. ¶66, ¶67, ¶68, ¶69, ¶70, ¶71, ¶72, ¶73, ¶74, ¶75, ¶76, ¶77 & ¶78 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, Case LVI: Admission to Holy Orders, nn. ¶1–¶14 (14 passages)

The 1917 Code of Canon Law

Tit. VI, Chapter II: Of the Subject of Sacred Ordination, cann. 968, 969, 970, 971 & 972 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tit. VI, Ch. II, Article I: Of the Requirements in the Subject of Sacred Ordination, cann. 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, 978, 979, 980, 981 & 982 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)

Bk. III, Title XLIII: On an Unbaptized Priest, cc. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Bk. V, Title XXIX: On a Cleric Promoted by a Leap, c. 1 — Sole Chapter. Latin source headnote: One who in ignorance is made a priest by a leap from subdeacon, after penance is ordained deacon, and afterward a dispensation can be granted to him in the priesthood. Innocent III, to the Bishop o… Read in context →

Bk. V, Title XXX: On One Who Secretly Received an Order, cc. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)

Pt. I, Distinction XXIV, cc. , 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. I, Distinction LXX, cc. , 1 & 2 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. I, Distinction LXXVIII, cc. , 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. VII, Ch. III, § 2. Who Are Validly Ordained, nn. 689 & 690 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. VII, Ch. III, § 3. Who Are Licitly Ordained, nn. 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696 & 697 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. VII, Ch. V, Rite, Place, Time, and Notation of Ordi…, § 1. The Preparation of Ordinations, nn. 723, 724, 725, 726, 727 & 728 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. VII, Ch. V, Rite, Place, Time, and Notation of Ordi…, § 2, Time, Place, Notation, nn. 729, 730, 731, 732, 733 & 734 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

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 Holy Orders, n. 897 — What Ordinands Must Be Furnished With. “Those to be promoted to minor orders are to have a good testimonial from the parish priest and from the master of the school in which they are educated. But those who are to be assumed to each of the major orders are to… Read in context →

Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Holy Order, n. ¶22 — N. 710. With What Things Those to Be Ordained Ought to Be Instructed. "Those to be promoted to minor orders should have a good testimony from the Parish Priest and from the master of the school in which they are educated. But those who are to be taken up to the individual major orders shal… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Holy Orders — Koch–Preuss · Slater, Cases II · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)