A Topic of Moral Theology
Superstitious Observance in General
Vain observances that look for an effect from means which cannot produce it.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
good luck rituals · lucky charms · superstitions · superstitious practices (ed.)
In the index as Vain observance · Observance · Magic · Divination · Malefice · Turning tables · Vain · Animal magnetism · Demon · Divining rod is not always superstitious · Dream · Dreams · Invocation · Lots · Religion as a virtue · Salvatorism · Somnambulism · Superstition in the general sense
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. I, Art. II, § II, Point I. On Superstitious Observance in General, nn. 595, 596, 597 & 598 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. I, Art. II, § II, Point II. On Superstitious Observances in Particular, nn. 599, 600 & 601 (3 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. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the First Precept of th…, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On Vain Observance, n. 264 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, On the Virtue of Religion …, Chapter I: On the Principal Acts of Religion, and the Vices Opposed, nn. 899, 900, 901, 902, 903, 904 & 905 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. III, Article IV. On Vain Observance, nn. 516 & 517 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, Volume III: On the Decalogue
Diss. II, Chapter IX — On vain observance, n. V — V. The observance of future events is the prediction of good or bad fortune from signs altogether unsuited to foreknowing such things: as if someone observed days, seasons, chance encounters with people, and other simila… Read in context →
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Bk. III, Diss. VIII, Chapter I — The definition and division of superstition. Various cases in which superstition creeps in are explained, nn. XXI & XXIII (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation IX: On Superst…, Question VI: On superstitious observances for works, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Vain Observance — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)