A Topic of Moral Theology

Vicious Worship of a Creature

Vicious Worship of a Creature, as treated in Wouters (Article II. On Vicious Worship of a Creature).

In the index as Commandments (laws) of God · Devil · Superstition and its practices · Antichrist · Astrology · Divination · Dreams · Fortune-telling · Jugglers · Lotteries · Magic · Meteorology · Soothsaying · Sorcery · Spiritualism · Superstition · Witchcraft (sorcery) · Worship

In the manuals

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. I, Article II. On Vicious Worship of a Creature, n. ¶1 — Idolatry and superstitious observance render vicious worship to a creature.Read in context →

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tr. II, Ch. I, Article II: On Superstitious Worship of a Creature, n. 235 — Observation concerning order. The ancients were accustomed, and after them not a few modern writers of moral theology still are accustomed, to set forth the argument of superstitious worship of a creature in such a way t… Read in context →

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 FIRST COMMANDMENT OF GOD, 3. FOOLISH OR PERVERTED WORSHIP, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Superstition, Idolatry, and Divination — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Coppens, Medical Practice · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Theologia Christiana III · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V and 3 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)