A Topic of Moral Theology
The Commandment of Knowledge of Faith
What every Christian must know of the faith, and the duty of teaching and of learning it.
The works themselves ask 5 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
religious instruction (ed.)
In the index as Faith · Religious instruction · Most holy Mary · Mysteries · Necessity · Precept · Things to be believed explicitly · Accommodation of instruction to hearers · Catechism · Commandments · Creed · Delay · Explicit voluntary · Ignorance · Instruction · Knowledge · Love for God · Mysteries of faith to be believed by necessity · State of Life · Symbol of faith · The Lord's Prayer · Word of God · Zeal
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 3. The Commandments o…, The Commandment of Knowledge of Faith, nn. 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923 & 924 (11 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 Virtues, Ch. I, Art. II, § II. On Things Necessarily to Be Known and Believed by Necessity of Precept, n. ¶1 — These are the Apostles' Creed, the Decalogue, the Precepts of the Church, the Sacraments, the Lord's Prayer. - The Creed is required for believing rightly; the rest for acting rightly.Read in context →
Vol. I, Treatise On Virtues, Ch. I, Art. II, § II, Point I. On Things to Be Known for Believing Rightly, or on the Apostles' Creed, nn. 197, 198, 199 & 200 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Treatise On Virtues, Ch. I, Art. II, § II, Point II. On Things to Be Known for Acting Rightly, nn. 201, 202, 203 & 204 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Faith, Second Part: On the Act of…, Ch. I, Question Three: On the Necessity of Faith, nn. 709 & 710 (22 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Faith, Fifth Part: On the Precept…, Single Question: On the Precept of Faith Itself, nn. ¶1, 789, 790, 791, 792 & 793 (31 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Bk. III, Diss. I, Chapter V — What the Faithful ought to know of those things which form morals, and conform the life of Christians to the exemplar of our Master Christ Jesus, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII & XIII (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation I: On Faith, Question XV: What things are to be believed by the necessity of precept, nn. 1–32 (32 passages)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
The Roman Catechism, Introductory, nn. ¶1–¶26 (26 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Faith — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae · Slater, Cases I · Spirago · Coppens, Moral Philosophy and 4 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)