A Topic of Moral Theology
The Novitiate
The novitiate: who may enter, how long it lasts, and what makes it invalid.
The works themselves ask 31 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
novice · year of novitiate (ed.)
In the index as Novitiate · Novice · Regulars · Abbess · Profession · Dowry · Postulancy · Religion · Abbots · Admission · Adultery · Apostolic Letters · Brothers and sisters (Fratres et Sorores) · Cardinals · Censure · Chapter · Children (Filii) · Clerical habit · Clerics (Clerici) · Colleges · Consent (Consensus) · Dismissal · Donation (Donatio) · Easterners
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter II. Entrance into Religion, n. 2 — As, therefore, the observance of the counsels is not only lawful but a more perfect state of life, anyone may enter into religion who is not prevented by some obstacle. Those who have not possession of their faculties, a… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. III, Sect. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § II. On the Novitiate, nn. 1224, 1225, 1226 & 1227 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Laws, II. On the Author of Law, n. 182 — Can others also besides the Supreme Pontiff and Bishops establish laws? - A Cardinal can, by reason of his dignity, make laws in the Church of his Title. C. His quae de Mai. et obed., C. Querel. de Elect., C. of Innocent… Read in context →
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, III. On the Novitiate, nn. 261–274 (14 passages)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, IV. On Profession, n. 275 — Is a novice held to regular discipline? - The Rules and precepts of the order do not of themselves oblige novices. For Novices have not yet professed the Rule, and are only in the way of probation. C. Ad Apostolicam 16 d… Read in context →
Vol. III, On Order, II. On the Minister and Subject of Order, n. 894 — What of Regulars? - The things which precede, with special indult excluded, have place also in pious Congregations in which only simple vows are pronounced. S. C. EE. et RR., May 6, 1864; A. S. S., vol. 1, p. 366. Yet th… Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Particular States, n. 268, 273 — On the Place and Duration of the Novitiate. “The mind of the Sacred Congregation is that henceforth the year of probation or novitiate and solemn profession be made in monasteries designated for the novitiate according to the form of the Constitution of Clement VI… Read in context →
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)
106. On the Novitiate and Profession, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (42 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, Ch. I, ARTICLE III: ON PROBATION OR NOVITIATE, nn. ¶1156, ¶1157 & ¶1158 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. II, Article III: On The Novitiate, nn. ¶2143, ¶2144 & ¶2145 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. V, Chapter X — On the noviceship of Regulars, nn. I, II, III, IV & V (5 passages — hover a number to read it)