Moral Theology

Particular States, Obligations (Stati particolari, Obblighi)

• Books and Publishers, Morality of (LIBRI ED EDITORI, MORALITÀ DEI) Vol. VII, p. 782
  BOOKS AND PUBLISHERS, Morality of. - The publisher does not exercise merely an industrial activity, because his purpose is the diffusion of…
• Business Executive (DIRIGENTE D'IMPRESA) Vol. IV, p. 978
  BUSINESS EXECUTIVE. - He is, as it were, the intermediary between the employer and the worker. In reality he too is a worker, inasmuch as…
• Celibacy (CELIBATO) Vol. III, p. 737
  CELIBACY. - I. C. ECCLESIASTICO. - The inspiring principle of ecclesiastical celibacy is the idea of purity and continence. Jesus presents…
• Engineer (INGEGNERE) Vol. VI, p. 1131
  ENGINEER. - The word "engineer" is commonly derived from the term ingenium (in its late meaning of machine, especially a war machine),…
• Entrepreneur (IMPRENDITORE) Vol. VI, p. 1001
  ENTREPRENEUR. - «An entrepreneur is one who professionally carries on an organized economic activity for the purpose of the production or…
• Jurats (GIURATI) Vol. VI, p. 478
  JURATS. - So called from the oath by which they bind themselves to the upright discharge of their office, jurors are a body of citizens…
• Pastoral Visit (VISITA PASTORALE) Vol. XII, p. 941
  PASTORAL VISIT. - It is the direct knowledge that, by means of inspection, the pastor acquires of the conditions of the territory entrusted…
• Pharmacist (FARMACISTA) Vol. V, p. 636
  PHARMACIST. - The pharmacist, the natural collaborator of the physician (v.), shares with him, albeit in a subordinate role, the nobility…
• Physician (MEDICO) Vol. VIII, p. 362
  PHYSICIAN. - The profession of the physician occupies, by excellence and importance, the first place after that of the priest. Ancient…
• Prebend (PREBENDA) Vol. IX, p. 1131
  PREBEND. - From Lat. praebere (to furnish) it is the revenue of an ecclesiastical benefice. The term belongs to ecclesiastical literature…
• State, Duties of the Individual (STATO, OBBLIGHI DEL PROPRIO) Vol. XI, p. 763
  STATE, OBLIGATIONS OF ONE'S OWN. - By "state" here is meant not only the unchangeable conditions of life by which we are bound toward…
• Tonsure (TONSURA) Vol. XII, p. 212
  TONSURE. - A sacred rite instituted by the Church, by which a baptized and confirmed believer, through the cutting of the hair and the…