A Topic of Moral Theology

What servile work is

Servile, liberal and common works; the gravity of the precept.

Also asked about as…

can i do chores on sunday · mowing the lawn on sunday (ed.)

In the index as Works · Servile work · Liberal · Fairs (Nundinae) · Hunting (Venatio) · Sunday · Market (Mercatus) · Servile works (Opera Servilia) · To paint (Pingere) · Fishing · Labor · Painting · Photographers (Photographi) · Photography · Sale · Servile work is prohibited on Sundays and feast days · Sunday to be kept holy · To sculpt (Sculpere) · To sell (Vendere) · *Opera forensia* · *Opera liberalia* · *Opera media* · Abstinence · Abstinence from labors on a feast day

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Third. On the Third P…, Question Third. On the Pro…, Article First. On Prohibited Works, nn. 268, 269, 270, 271 & 272 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. III, Chapter II. Servile Work, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On the Third Precept of th…, II. On the Prohibition of Servile Works, nn. 652, 653, 654, 655 & 656 (5 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. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Third Precept of th…, Ch. II, Article I. On the Works Which Are Prohibited on Feast Days, nn. 354, 355, 356, 357, 358 & 359 (35 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, On the Virtue of Religion …, Chapter III: On the Sanctification of Sunday, nn. 1038 & 1039 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. IV, Pt. III, Chapter II: The Observance of Sundays and Holydays of Obligation, nn. ¶17, ¶18, ¶19, ¶20, ¶22, ¶23, ¶24 & ¶25 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. III, Ch. II, ARTICLE I: On Works Which Are Forbidden on Feast Days, nn. ¶658, ¶659, ¶660, ¶661, ¶662 & ¶663 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. II, ARTICLE I: ON WORKS WHICH ARE PROHIBITED ON FEAST DAYS, nn. ¶410, ¶411, ¶412, ¶413, ¶414 & ¶415 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section B: On the Acts of …, Ch. II, Question Two: On the Observance of Feasts, n. 686 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. IV, Disputation VIII: On the O…, Question IV: Whether lawful liberal work becomes servile because it is done for gain, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. IV, Disputation VIII: On the O…, Question V: Which servile works are forbidden on a feast day, nn. 1–37 (37 passages)

Tr. IV, Disputation VIII: On the O…, Q. V, Sole Doubt: Which works are forbidden on a feast by canon law, nn. 1–28 (28 passages)

Tr. IV, Disputation VIII: On the O…, Question VI: What length of servile labor makes a grave violation of a feast, 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 I

Slater, Cases I, The Third Commandment, Case 2. Servile Work, nn. ¶6 & ¶7 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)

Pt. III, The Third Commandment, nn. ¶38, ¶39, ¶40, ¶41, ¶42 & ¶43 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Servile Work — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · The Casuist · Spirago · Deshon, Guide — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)