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A Topic of Moral Theology

Wrong Ways of Worshipping God

Superstition in the worship of the true God: false, superfluous, and wrongly ordered worship.

The works themselves ask 6 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Within this topic

In the index as Superstition · Circumcision · Miracles · Scapulars

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. I, Ch. IV, Section I. Wrong Ways of Worshipping God, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R.

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. I, Article I. On Vicious Worship of God, n. 591 — I. Vicious worship of God is either false or superfluous. 1. It is false when someone worships God by signifying something false. This is done: 1. by one "who now offers worship to God through the ceremonies of the old l… Read in context →

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, Volume III: On the Decalogue

Daniele Concina, O.P. — 11 passages

Diss. II, Chapter II — Various cases are here examined, in which it is determined whether superstition, properly speaking, is present, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X & XI (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 5 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tr. II, Ch. I, Article I: On Vicious Worship of the True God, nn. ¶1, 231, 232, 233 & 234 (5 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. — 12 passages (filed under the subtopics)

40. On New Cults, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 10 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Sect. C, Ch. I, Question One: On Undue Worship of the True God, nn. ¶1, 771, 772 & 773 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion

Francis Spirago; edited by Richard F. Clarke, S.J. — 11 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, X. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF…, THE FIRST COMMANDMENT OF GOD, 3. FOOLISH OR PERVERTED WORSHIP, 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 Superstition, Idolatry, and Divination — Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Coppens, Medical Practice · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · The Roman Catechism · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)