A Topic of Moral Theology
The Obligation of Tending to Perfection
Who is bound to strive for perfection and how far: all the faithful in some measure, clerics by their office, religious by their state and vows; when neglect of it becomes sin
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
See also The religious state and the obligations it brings — in Nature of the Religious State
Also asked about as…
call to holiness · duty to strive for holiness (ed.)
In the index as Perfection · Gravity of sin (Gravitas peccati) · Regular (Regularis) · Aspiration to perfection · Contempt (Contemptus) · Necessity of salvation · OBLIGATION of law · Obligations of religious · Perfection, obligation of religious · Religious properly so called
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. III, Sect. II, Ch. I, Article I. On the Pursuit of Acquiring Perfection, nn. 1235 & 1236 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, First Book: On Persons in …, Tr. II, Ch. II, § 1. Obligation of Pursuing Perfection, n. 123 — — He who must profess a state must at the same time profess the things which the truth of the state requires. But by his profession the religious is obliged to his state, which is one of pursuing perfection. Therefore by… Read in context →
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART THIRD: ON THE RELIGIO…, Ch. I, Art. IV, § III. On the Obligation of Tending to Perfection, nn. ¶1179, ¶1180, ¶1181 & ¶1182 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. III, Question II: Concerning the Perfect and Contemplatives, nn. ¶2695, ¶2696, ¶2697, ¶2698 & ¶2699 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. I, Ch. III, Article I: On The Obligation Of Tending To Perfection, nn. ¶2152, ¶2153 & ¶2154 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation VIII: On Charity, Question XLIX: Whether those having perfect charity are bound to fulfill the things that are of perfection, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question IX: Whether, and how, religious are bound to perfection, nn. 1–45 (45 passages)
The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion
Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, C. CHRISTIAN PERFECTION, I. THE ASPIRATION AFTER CHRISTIAN PERFECTION, nn. ¶2 & ¶3 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)