A Topic of Moral Theology
Vocation to Religion
The divine call to the religious state: what it requires, and how it is discerned.
The works themselves ask 54 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
calling to religious life · do i have a vocation · religious vocation · should i become a nun or monk (ed.)
In the index as Religion, the religious state · Vocation · Religion · Clerics · Regulars · Entrance · Religious · Children · Matrimonial Consent · Obligations · One Drawing Back · Parents · Religious Order · Signs · Theft · Those Violating
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. III, Sect. I, Ch. III, Article I. On Vocation to Religion, nn. 1219, 1220, 1221 & 1222 (4 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…, Vocation, nn. 2597 & 2598 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, II. On Divine Vocation, nn. 255, 256, 257, 258, 259 & 260 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. IV, Appendix, On Priestly and Religious Vocation, nn. ¶1–¶46 (46 passages)
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 Third. On the Religio…, Chapter II. On Religious Vocation, nn. 148, 149, 150, 151 & 152 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. II, Question III: Concerning Adolescents and Young Persons, n. ¶2278 — V. Especially A. concerning the religious state: 1) as to aptitude, there are necessary: good health, relatively sufficient intelligence with right judgment, whence the notably melancholic or scrupulous are not suitable;… Read in context →
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. III, Chapter II. On Religious Vocation, nn. 611, 612, 612, Q. 2 & 612, Q. 3 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, Volume III: On the Decalogue
Diss. II, One Extorted by Fear or Er…, Chapter IX — On the vow of assuming the religious state, nn. I, II, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII–XX, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII & IX (46 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 1. A Vocation to Religion, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Entrance into Religion — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, 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.)