A Topic of Moral Theology

Things Forbidden to Clerics

Occupations unbecoming the clerical state: trading, secular business, and the amusements forbidden to clerics.

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can a priest own a business · priests and business · priests at bars · priests in politics (ed.)

In the index as Clerics · Trading · Hunting (Venatio) · Duties of clerics as to habit and tonsure · Ecclesiastical immunity · Game (Ludus) · Incardination of a cleric · Administration · Arms · Bourse · Commercial trading · Dances · Exercise of the medical art induces irregularity · Games of chance · Habitation · Irregularity · Negotiation properly so called · Obligations (Bonds) · Physician · Surgery · Trading properly so called · Woman · A cleric deputy to Parliament · Actions

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter V. Things Forbidden to Clerics, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. I, Article II. On Negative Duties, nn. ¶1 & 1170–1186 (18 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 →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, II. On the Negative Obligations of Clerics, nn. 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184 & 185 (12 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, Article II. On the Negative Obligations of Clerics, or on Those Things Which Are Prohibited to Clerics, n. 98 — 98. - Generally, clerics are prohibited from giving themselves to those things which are unbecoming to the ecclesiastical state, for example, from exercising the art of butcher, innkeeper, physician, and surgeon, except … Read in context →

Vol. II, Treatise on Particular Sta…, Part Second. On the State …, Ch. I, Art. II, § II. On Games of Dice, nn. 101 & 102 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Treatise on Particular Sta…, Part Second. On the State …, Ch. I, Art. II, § III. On Bearing Arms and Hunting, nn. 103 & 104 (3 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. 1031–1045 (15 passages)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. III, First Book: On Persons in …, Tr. I, Ch. III, Art. I, § 1. On These Obligations in General, nn. 15, 16, 17, 18 & 19 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART SECOND: ON THE STATE …, Ch. I, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, Art. II, OR ON THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE PROHIBITED TO CLERICS, n. ¶1132 — 1132. - The Plenary Council of Baltimore II sets forth the negative obligations of Clerics in the following words. 1° "Let them not be present at stage-plays, spectacles, dances." 2° "Let them abstain from every forbidde… Read in context →

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. II, Ch. I, Article II: On Those Things Which Are Prohibited To Clerics, nn. ¶2224, ¶1, ¶2225, ¶2226, ¶2, ¶2227, ¶2228, ¶3, ¶2229, ¶4, ¶2230, ¶5, ¶2231, ¶6, ¶2232, ¶7, ¶2233, ¶8, ¶9 & ¶2234 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. II, Ch. I, Article II. On the Negative Obligations of Clerics, nn. 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592 & 593 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. I, Chapter VII — On the things which clerics ought to perform, and on those from which they ought to abstain, nn. I–XIV, I, II, III & IV (18 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Slater, Cases II, Duties of Clerics, Case 5. Public Theatricals, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9 & ¶10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases II, Duties of Clerics, Case 6. Trading, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases II, Duties of Clerics, Case 7. Warlike Missionaries, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases II, Irregularity, Case 1. A Priest Practising Medicine and Surgery, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. IV, Case LX: Commerce Forbidden to the Clergy, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)

Pt. II, Causa XXIII, Question VIII, cc. & 1–34 (35 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Liber Sextus of Boniface VIII

Bk. III, Title XXIV: Lest Clerics or Monks Involve Themselves in Secular Business, cc. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)

Bk. III, Title II: On the Cohabitation of Clerics and Women, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Bk. III, Title L: Lest Clerics or Monks Involve Themselves in Secular Business, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

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)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question XVI: Whether it is lawful for religious to transact secular business, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

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. 181 — On the Dwelling of Clerics with Women. “We altogether forbid priests, deacons, or subdeacons the companionship of concubines and wives, and cohabitation with other women except those whom the Synod of Nicaea permitted to live with them solely on grounds of re… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Special Duties of Clerics — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)