A Topic of Moral Theology
The parochial system
Its history; the parish priest's office.
In the index as Parish priests · Parochial system · Quasi-parish priest · Residence of Bishops
In the manuals
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter IX. Duties of Parish Priests, n. 1 — THE parochial system is not an institution of the primitive Church, much less of divine origin. For some centuries it was usual for the bishop to reside in some city with his body of clergy around him, some of whom were … Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Duties of Parish Priests — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases II · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)