A Topic of Moral Theology
The Duties of Subjects
Honour, obedience and the other duties owed to lawful superiors.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Subject · Obedience · Princes · Superior · The poor · Bakers · Bishops · Butcher · Duties of citizens as to elections · Fidelity in guarding a secret · Gain · Honor · Inferior · Leisure · Pharmacist · Piety · Priesthood · Reverence · Rulers to be honored and prayed for · Subjects · Tailor · Works
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. III, Section II. On Cessation from Servile Works, n. 707 — III. Excusing causes from the precept are enumerated: one's own or another's necessity, charity, piety, and custom. 1. One's own or another's necessity, that is, grave spiritual, bodily, or temporal harm to be averted fr… Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 2. Duties of Members …, The Duties of Subjects, n. 2636 — Duties of Subjects. Duties of Subjects.—The general duties of subjects to superiors are chiefly honor and obedience (see 2351 sqq.). (a) Honor.—Honor is owed to superiors on account of their position of authority, which is derived from God,… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the Fourth Precept of t…, V. Obligations of Inferiors and Superiors, n. 704 — What are the obligations of subjects toward civil authority? Subjects are also bound to show love, reverence, and obedience to secular superiors. For in the civil order they are true superiors, bearing toward us in the t… Read in context →
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Obligations of Stat…, Chapter I: On the Duties of Laymen, nn. 1000, 1001 & 1002 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section D: On Piety and Ob…, Ch. II, Question Four: On the Offices of Rulers and Subjects, nn. 846, 847 & 848 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. III, The Fourth Commandment, nn. ¶29, ¶30, ¶31, ¶32, ¶33, ¶34, ¶35, ¶36 & ¶37 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Duties of Ecclesiastical and Civil Rulers and their Subjects — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)