A Topic of Moral Theology
Vocation to the Clerical State
The call to sacred orders: its signs, and what the Church requires of candidates.
The works themselves ask 8 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as One to be ordained · Vocation · Vocation to the clerical state · Acolythate · Clerics · Diaconate · Episcopate · Exorcistate · Lectorate · Presbyterate · Religious · Subdiaconate · Tonsure · Age · Common table · Divine vocation · Knowledge · Order, ordination · Patrimonial goods · Religious vocation · Sign · State of life · Subject of the sacraments, validly receiving · Sustenance
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Fourth. On Particular…, Book Second. On the Precep…, Question First. On Vocation to the Clerical State, nn. 751 & 752 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. VII, Ch. III, § 1. On the Required Vocation, n. 688 — — Since, especially today, orders are not received without some intention and hope of priesthood, we must be solicitous about vocation to the sacerdotal state alone. Concerning this, these few things are noted. 1. By the… Read in context →
Pastoral Questions
Ch. II, Question III: Concerning Adolescents and Young Persons, nn. ¶2279 & ¶2280 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Order, Question Five: On the Subject of Order, n. 739 (29 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. I, Chapter VI — On the vocation of those to be initiated, and the signs by which it can be discerned, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X & XI (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Clerics, Case 1. Vocation to the Priesthood, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Clerics, Case 2. A Doubtful Vocation, 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 Holiness required of clerics; the state of perfection — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)