Vow of Chastity

The religious vow of chastity and the special malice of sins against it.

The works themselves ask 34 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Within this topic

See also Vows — in Oaths and Vows (Second Commandment) · Vows — in Oaths and Vows (Second Commandment) · Solemn Vows and Sacred Orders — in Impediments of Marriage

Also asked about as…

religious chastity (ed.)

In the index as Chastity · Religious Poverty · Enclosure · Vow of chastity · Regulars · Religion · Vow of poverty · Counsel of poverty · Religious Superior · Conditional matrimony · License by which the vice of proprietorship is warded off · Obedience · Obedience of clerics · Obligation of chastity of a cleric in major order · Vow · Almsgiving · Coalescence of sacrileges · Common life of clerics · Confraternities · Departure · Doubt concerning the office recited · Grave matter in injured poverty · Habit · Justice, injured by violation of the vow of poverty

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 3 passages

Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter V. Vow of Chastity, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 4 passages

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. III, Sect. II, Ch. I, Art. II, § II. On the Vow of Chastity, nn. 1249, 1250, 1251 & 1252 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 6 passages

Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, VI. On the Vow of Chastity, nn. 291, 292, 293, 294, 295 & 296 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 68 passages

107. On Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 (68 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.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 15 passages

Vol. II, Treatise on Particular Sta…, Part Third. On the Religio…, Ch. III, Article II. On the Vow of Chastity, nn. 164, 165, 166 & 167 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 17 passages

Vol. III, First Book: On Persons in …, Tr. II, Ch. II, § 3. Obligations of Vows, nn. ¶1 & 125–140 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 4 passages

Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. III, Ch. III, Article II. On the Vow of Chastity, nn. 616, 617, 617, Q. 2 & 617, Q. 3 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P. — 9 passages

Diss. V, Chapter IX — On the vow of chastity and of obedience, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII & IX (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Gaudentius Bontempi of Brescia, O.F.M. Cap. — 25 passages

Tr. IV, Disputation V: On the Vow of Chastity, n. 1 — You have the INCORRUPTIBLE Lily of Chastity, at once fragrant with the odor of purity and aflame with the ardor of heavenly things, in the Seraphic Doctor in the Dieta, tit. 4. cap. 4., where he pours forth the snowy lea… Read in context →

Tr. IV, Disputation V: On the Vow …, Question I: What difference there is between cloistered and clerical chastity, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. IV, Disputation V: On the Vow …, Question VI: Whether dispensation can be granted in religious chastity, and who can dispense in enclosure, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 13 passages

Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 10. The Vow of Chastity, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)

Pope Gregory IX — 21 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Bk. III, Title XXXII: On the Conversion of Spouses, cc. 1–21 (21 passages)

The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)

Gratian — 21 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Pt. II, Causa XXXIII, Question V, cc. ¶ & 1–20 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. (filed under the subtopics)

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Particular States, n. ¶130 — N. 181. - On the Enclosure of Nuns Without Solemn Vows. "1. Whether, if there are not solemn vows, nuns nevertheless are bound to observe the enclosure which they vow by a simple vow, under the censures enacted by Trent, where the Bishop has restored the enclosure. 2. Whether… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Special Duties of Religious — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)