A Topic of Moral Theology
The Sanctification of Feast Days
Hearing Mass and abstaining from servile work on Sundays and holydays.
The works themselves ask 16 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Sunday · Lord's Day · Mass · Feasts (Festa) · Feasts of Our Lord · Labor · Feast days · Sabbath · Sunday to be kept holy · Feast · Sermons · Servile work · Year · Advent of Holy Ghost · Alphonsus de’ Liguori, St. · Commandments of Church · Observance · Pentecost · Preaching · Saints · Sunday to be observed · Trinity · Vespers (Vesperae) · Works
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Third. On the Third P…, Question First. On the Sanctification of Feast Days, nn. 260 & 261 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Part III. The Third Commandment, n. 1 — The Third Commandment is: ‘“‘ Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day.” This precept of the Old Law is partly ceremonial, and in so far it has been abrogated by the preaching of the Gospel, and partly it belongs to … Read in context →
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. III, Chapter I. Hearing Mass of Precept, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. III, Chapter II. Servile Work, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On the Third Precept of the Decalogue, n. ¶1 — N. 339. - On the Obligation of Sanctifying Feast Days. "Is it necessary to obligate under sin the faithful of the Vicariate of Chausy, who cannot hear Mass because of the lack of priests, to assist on feast days, in place of Mass, at pious assemblies of the faithful? - Resp.… 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 the Third Precept of the Decalogue, n. 639 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Third Precept of th…, Ch. I, Article I. On Those Things Which Generally Must Be Furnished on Feast Days, nn. 338, 339 & 340 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the First and Second Precepts of the Church, or On the Observance of Feasts, nn. 474, 475 & 476 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, On the Virtue of Religion …, Chapter III: On the Sanctification of Sunday, nn. 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011 & 1012 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. IV, Pt. III, Chapter II: The Observance of Sundays and Holydays of Obligation, nn. ¶1–¶61 (61 passages)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, TREATISE III: On the Third Precept of the Decalogue, nn. ¶1 & ¶651 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. III, CHAPTER I: On Feasts to Be Sanctified in General, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶652, ¶653, ¶654, ¶655, ¶656 & ¶657 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. II, Art. VII, § 1. On the Nature and Origin of the Worship to Be Rendered on Sundays and Feast Days, nn. 465, 467 & 469 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. II, Art. VII, § 2. On the Utility of the Sanctification of Sunday and Feast Days, n. 471 — 471. Alas, sad experience demonstrates more than sufficiently that, in those regions and families in which the sanctification of Sunday and feast days is little esteemed, faith soon vanishes, morals become corrupt, famil… Read in context →
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. I, ARTICLE I: ON THOSE THINGS WHICH GENERALLY MUST BE FURNISHED ON FEAST DAYS, nn. ¶397 & ¶398 (2 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 …, Ch. II, Question Two: On the Observance of Feasts, nn. ¶1 & 685 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation VIII: On the Observance of Feast Days, n. 1 — As God is immense, so He bound His worship to certain places, namely temples, so that it is unlawful without sin to perform anything profane in them: so too, though He is Eternal, He commanded that certain days be kept f… Read in context →
Tr. IV, Disputation VIII: On the O…, Question III: Whether mortal sins on a feast are forbidden by this precept, nn. 1–27 (27 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation VIII: On the O…, Question VIII: Whether, having heard Mass only, it is forbidden to spend the whole feast day in idleness, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, The Third Commandment, Case 1. Hearing Mass in a Convent, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases I, The Third Commandment, Case 2. Servile Work, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. III, The Third Commandment, nn. ¶14–¶36 (23 passages)
The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion
Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, X. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF…, THE THIRD COMMANDMENT OF GOD, 1. THE PRECEPT TO SANCTIFY SUNDAYS AND HOLYDAYS, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, X. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF…, THE THIRD COMMANDMENT OF GOD, Motives for the Sanctification of Sunday, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5 & ¶6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, X. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF…, THE THIRD COMMANDMENT OF GOD, THE SIX COMMANDMENTS OF TH…, 1. THE FIRST COMMANDMENT OF THE CHURCH: THE OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAYS AND HOLYDAYS, nn. ¶1–¶27 (27 passages)
Treated under the broader heading The Third Commandment — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)