The Duty of Labor

Labor as a natural necessity, a moral obligation, and a religious duty; manual and intellectual work, and recreation.

The works themselves ask 4 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

In the index as Labor · Thomas Aquinas, St. · Christ · Commandments (laws) of God · Piety · Adam · Almsgiving · Amusements on Sundays and Saturdays days · Athletic sports · Benedict of Aniane, St. · Books · Canonization · Charlemagne · Charles Borromeo at billiards · Clergy · Co-operative production · Contemplative life · Culture · Devas, C. S. · Duties of bishops · Ejaculations · Exaggeration in devotion · Failure · Francis Xavier, St.

In the manuals

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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)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 14 passages

96. On Workmen, nn. 1 & 2 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss — 38 passages

Vol. III, Pt. II, Chapter II: The Duty of Labor, n. ¶1 — Labor is a natural necessity, a moral obligation, and a religious duty. We shall treat it in as many sections, adding a fourth on recreation or rest, which is the necessary correlative of labor.Read in context →

Vol. III, Pt. II, Ch. II, Section 1: Labor as a Natural Necessity, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9 & ¶10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Pt. II, Ch. II, Section 2: Labor as a Moral Obligation, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4 & ¶5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Pt. II, Ch. II, Section 3: Labor as a Religious Duty, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6 & ¶7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Pt. II, Ch. II, Section 4: Manual and Intellectual Labor, and Recreation, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12, ¶13, ¶14, ¶15 & ¶16 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion

Francis Spirago; edited by Richard F. Clarke, S.J. — 23 passages

Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, X. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF…, THE THIRD COMMANDMENT OF GOD, 2. THE PRECEPT OF LABOR, nn. ¶1–¶15 (15 passages)

Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, X. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF…, THE THIRD COMMANDMENT OF GOD, Sins against the Precept of Labor, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3 & ¶4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, X. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF…, THE THIRD COMMANDMENT OF GOD, The Relaxations Permitted to the Christian, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3 & ¶4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Socialism: Its Theoretical Basis and Practical Application

Victor Cathrein, S.J. — 7 passages

Ch. III, Section III: Undue Emphasis of Industrial Life, nn. ¶623, ¶624, ¶625, ¶626, ¶627, ¶628 & ¶629 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Duties of Particular States and Offices — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Slater, Cases II — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)