The works themselves ask 9 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Religious state · Debts · Novitiate · Religion · Secular priest · Vocation to priesthood
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter II. Entrance into Religion, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation II: On the Rel…, Sect. I, Question VI: Who are to be received into religion, nn. 1–19 (19 passages)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 2. Impediments to Entering Religion, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Religious, Case 3. Obstacles to Vocation, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)
Pt. II, Causa XIX, c. ¶ — GRATIAN. Two clerics wish to pass to a monastery; each sought permission from his bishop. One, having left his own church against the bishop’s will, betook himself there; the other, having left a regular canonry, betook … Read in context →
Pt. II, Causa XIX, Question I, cc. ¶ & 1 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XIX, Question II, cc. ¶, 1 & 2 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XIX, Question III, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XX, c. ¶ — GRATIAN. Two persons in the years of childhood were handed over to a monastery by their parents; one unwillingly, the other voluntarily, put on the cowl. When they reached the years of puberty, the unwilling one returned… Read in context →
Pt. II, Causa XX, Question I, cc. ¶ & 1–16 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XX, Question II, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3 & 4 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XX, Question III, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XX, Question IV, cc. ¶, 1, 2 & 3 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Entrance into Religion — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Theologia Christiana III · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)