A Topic of Moral Theology
The Hierarchy
The orders of the Latin Church and the ranks of the hierarchy.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Order, sacrament · Acolythate · Episcopate · Subdiaconate · Cleric · Diaconate · Lectorate · Presbyterate · Bishop · Books · Exorcistate · Hierarchy · Order · Orders · Ostiariate · Sacramental character · Acolytate · Archbishops · Candlestick · Ceremonies · Chalice · Clerical state · Clerics · Continence
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 4. Holy Orders; Matri…, The Hierarchy, n. 2779 — The Hierarchy of Orders and Jurisdiction. The Hierarchy of Orders and Jurisdiction.—The Orders of the clergy may be considered, not only in reference to power over the real Body of Christ (i.e., the Eucharist), but also in reference to power over the mystical Bo… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On Order, I. On the Nature, Matter and Form of Order, n. 875 — How many orders are there; what is their division; what sort of institution do they have? - In the Latin Church there are seven: Ostiariate, Lectorate, Exorcistate, Acolytate, Subdiaconate, Diaconate, Priesthood, which i… Read in context →
Vol. IV, On the Constitution *Officiorum ac munerum*, n. 1308 — What about other books of special subject matter? "Books are condemned in which God, or the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Saints, or the Catholic Church and her worship, or the sacraments, or the Apostolic See, are dispara… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Order, Question Three: On the Different Orders, nn. ¶1, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731 & 732 (68 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. II, The Sacrament of Holy Orders, nn. ¶57, ¶58, ¶59, ¶60, ¶61 & ¶62 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Irregularity in General — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)