A Topic of Moral Theology

The External Acts of Religion

Adoration, sacrifice, oblation, tithes and the other outward acts in which religion is expressed.

In the index as Prayer (Oratio) · Religion (Religio) · Cross · Adoration · Worship · Bishop · Dulia (worship) · Reverence · Baptismal water on Holy Saturday · Body · Constantine · Devil · Distraction (Distractio) · Drops of the Most Holy Blood · Edith · Exposition of Most Holy Relics · First-fruits · Honor · Hyperdulia · Images · Indulgences · Litanies (Litaniae) · Liturgical action (Liturgica Actio) · Lost things

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Question First. On the Nature of Religion, nn. 131, 132, 133 & 134 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 5. The Quasi-integral…, The External Acts of Religion, n. 2175 — The External Acts of Religion. The External Acts of Religion.—We proceed now to those acts of religion which are performed in an outward manner. But it should be noted that just as devotion and prayer find external expression (as in vocal prayer), so … Read in context →

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. I, Chapter II: On the Acts of Religion Commanded by the First Precept, nn. ¶1 & ¶542 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. I, Ch. II, Article I: On Devotion, nn. ¶543, ¶544 & ¶545 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. I, Ch. II, Article II: On Prayer, nn. ¶546, ¶547, ¶548 & ¶549 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. I, Ch. II, Art. III, First-Fruits, and Tithes, nn. ¶550, ¶551, ¶552 & ¶553 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. I, ARTICLE II: ON THE ACTS OF THE VIRTUE OF RELIGION IN SPECIES, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶330, ¶331, ¶332 & ¶333 (6 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 B: On the Acts of Religion, n. 655 — 655. Matter to be treated. Among the elicited acts of religion: 1. some are principally interior, by which we exhibit our will or mind to God: devotion and prayer; 2. others are principally exterior, by which either a) t… Read in context →

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Bk. III, Diss. V, Chapter I — The nature and acts of Religion, which the first commandment of the Decalogue prescribes, n. III — III. Question II. How many are the acts of Religion? Answer. There are two kinds of the acts of Religion: one of interior acts, such as devotion and prayer; the other of exterior acts, which are divided into three classe… Read in context →

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. III, Disputation I: On Religion…, Question V: How widely the acts of religion extend, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. III, Disputation IV: On Adoration, Question III: On sacred places set apart for adoration, nn. 1–75 (75 passages)

The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion

Pt. I, IX. THE SIGN OF THE CROSS, nn. ¶1–¶14 (14 passages)

Four-Square; or, The Cardinal Virtues

Rickaby, Four-Square, IX. The Virtue of Religion, nn. ¶96 & ¶97 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Virtue of Religion — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Religion & Human Interests — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)