A Topic of Moral Theology
Theatres, dances, military service and trade
The works themselves ask 9 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as CLERICS · Hunting · A game · Negotiation properly so called · Acts · Amusements · Artifice · Bonds · Carrying of arms · Carrying of arms prohibited to Clerics · Comedies · Dances · Dances interdicted to clerics · Duties of clerics as to habit and tonsure · Ecclesiastical immunity · Fishing · Gambling · Games of Chance · Hunting in general · Judicial actions · Leaders of military forces · Military service and clerics · Occupations · Soldier
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter V. Things Forbidden to Clerics, nn. 5 & 6 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 1. The Duties of Memb…, Negative Duties of Clerics, n. 2603 — Negative Duties of Clerics. Negative Duties of Clerics.—The negative duties of clerics are the avoidance of certain acts, occupations, or amusements forbidden as worldly, undignified, dangerous, distracting or scandalous (I Thess., v. 22; II Tim., … Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 1. The Duties of Members of the Church, Trading, n. 2604 — The Prohibition against Trading. The Prohibition against Trading.—(a) Meaning.—Trading as here understood is purely gainful merchandizing (i.e., buying an article at a lower price in order to sell it unchanged at a higher price) or industrial merchandiz… Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 1. The Duties of Memb…, Stocks and Bonds, n. 2605 — Is It Lawful for Clerics to Purchase and Sell Stocks and Bonds?—(a) If this conduct has the character of gambling or trading for profit, it is forbidden by Canon 138 or 142, as the case may be, and is gravely or venially… Read in context →
Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)
Ch. I, Article IV: On Theaters, nn. 16, 17 & 18 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, II. On the Negative Obligations of Clerics, nn. 174, 175 & 176 (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. II, Treatise on Particular Sta…, Part Second. On the State …, Ch. I, Art. II, § IV. On Trading, n. 105 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Obligations of Stat…, Chapter II: On the Duties of Clerics, nn. 1046, 1047, 1048 & 1049 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. II, Ch. I, Article II: On Those Things Which Are Prohibited To Clerics, nn. ¶2, ¶2227, ¶2228, ¶3, ¶2229, ¶5, ¶2231, ¶6 & ¶2232 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. III, Chapter V — On trade, and on those to whom it is forbidden or permitted, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI & VII (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Things Forbidden to Clerics — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases II · The Casuist · Decretum of Gratian — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)