A Topic of Moral Theology
Validity of religious profession
Age, novitiate, freedom, acceptance; solemn and simple vows.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Profession · Regulars · Age · Deceit · Institution · Novitiate · Profession of faith · Religious Vows · Time
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter III. Religious Profession, n. 1 — PROFESSION is the promise lawfully made and accepted by which a religious binds himself to observe the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, according to the constitutions of his order. For the validity of any religi… Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Particular States, nn. ¶87, ¶88, ¶89 & ¶92 (4 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. 277 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. III, Chapter I. On the Nature of the Religious State, n. 610, Q. 8 — Question 8. What is required for the validity of profession? Resp. §1. For the validity of any religious profession it is required that: 1st. The one about to emit it have the legitimate age according to the norm of can.… Read in context →
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. V, Chapter XI — On the profession of Regulars, n. III — III. There are several impediments which can render a profession null: 1. Age before the sixteenth year completed; 2. If the year of noviceship be not entire, or be interrupted; 3. Defect of liberty, as if a slave profes… Read in context →
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question VI: Whether fear inflicted on another makes a vow invalid, nn. 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106 & 107 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question VIII: What is required for profession in religion, nn. 1–23 (23 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Religious Profession — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)