A Topic of Moral Theology
The vow of poverty and sins against it
The works themselves ask 26 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
religious owning possessions (ed.)
In the index as Poverty · Religious Poverty · Regulars · Vow of poverty · Religion · Counsel of poverty · Manuscripts · Religious Superior · Conditional matrimony · Enclosure · License by which the vice of proprietorship is warded off · Obedience · Obedience of clerics · Obligation of chastity of a cleric in major order · Religious · Vow · Coalescence of sacrileges · Common life of clerics · Contracts · Doubt concerning the office recited · EXAMPLE: we should profit by the good example and give it to others · Grave matter in injured poverty · Justice, injured by violation of the vow of poverty · Legacies
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter IV. Religious Poverty, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Particular States, nn. ¶98, ¶105 & ¶106 (3 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, nn. 280 & 282 (9 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)
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.
Vol. II, Treatise on Particular Sta…, Part Third. On the Religio…, Ch. III, Article I. On the Vow of Poverty, nn. 153, 159, 161 & 162 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
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
Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. III, Ch. III, Article I. On the Vow of Poverty, nn. 614, Q. 7, 614, Q. 8 & 615 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. V, Chapter II — On the vow of poverty, n. I — I. The vow of poverty is the first foundation of the regular life. The matter of that vow is the abdication of temporal things, manifested by Christ the Lord, Matthew 19: If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast,… Read in context →
Diss. V, Chapter VI — How hostilely life-rents fight with the vow of monastic poverty. The excuses and sophisms with which the corruption of private purses is wont to be encrusted, nn. I, II & III (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Diss. V, Chapter VII — On the games of Regulars, and other things which fight with the vow of poverty, nn. I, II & III (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXVII: On Thef…, Question VII: On the thefts of religious, nn. 1–25 (25 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Question I: On the essence of this vow, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Question VI: How poverty is violated, nn. 1–27 (27 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Q. VI, Doubt III: Whether a religious sins by accepting alms for others, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Q. VI, Doubt IV: Whether a legacy to a religious stands, as belonging to him personally, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Question VII: On the penalties and the marks of a proprietor, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, The Second Commandment, Case 4. A Dispensation in the Vow of Poverty, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 6. A Religious Legatee, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9 & ¶10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
The True Spouse of Jesus Christ
Chapter IX: Religious Poverty, nn. ¶1135 & ¶1136 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Religious Poverty — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · The Casuist · Cathrein, Socialism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)