A Topic of Moral Theology
The Active and Contemplative Lives
The division of life into active and contemplative, the mixed life composed of both, and how they compare in excellence and merit.
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active life · contemplative life · mixed life (ed.)
In the manuals
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Pastoral Questions
Ch. III, Question II: Concerning the Perfect and Contemplatives, nn. ¶2704, ¶2705, ¶2706, ¶2707, ¶2708, ¶2709, ¶2710, ¶2711, ¶2712 & ¶2713 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. VII, Last Disputation: On the State of the Active and the Contemplative Life, n. 1 — Notorious is this division into the Active and Contemplative life, long prefigured in the two wives of Jacob, Rachel and Lia; long fulfilled in the nightly watches of Christ the Savior and his daytime labors; commended a… Read in context →
Tr. VII, Last Disputation: On the S…, Question I: Whether the division of life into active and contemplative is sufficient, nn. 1–14 (14 passages)
Tr. VII, Last Disputation: On the S…, Question II: Which state is more excellent: the state of the active life, or of the contemplative, nn. 1–18 (18 passages)
Tr. VII, Last Disputation: On the S…, Question III: Whether there is a mixed life resulting from the active and the contemplative, and which of them is more excellent, nn. 1–32 (32 passages)
Tr. VII, Last Disputation: On the S…, Question IV: What the chief exercises of the active life are, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)