> [[at-sl-09|← Ch. IV]] # "Footnotes — Ch. Iv: Duty of Tending to Perfection" [2] ALVAREZ DE PAZ., op. cit., lib. IV-V; LE GAUDIER, P. III, sect. I., sec. VII-X; SCARAMELLI, Guide Ascétique, Traité I, art. II; RIBET, Ascétique, ch. VII-IX; IGHINA, op. cit., Introd., XX-XXX. Cursus Asceticus, Vol. I, n. 15. [1] Matth., V, 48. [2] Luke, XIV, 26, 27; cfr. Matth., X, 37, 38. [3] Luke, XIII, 24; cfr. Matth., VII, 13, 14. [1] Ephes. I, 4. [2] Ephes. IV, 13. Read the entire passage, v. 10-16. [3] I Peter, I, 15. [4] Apoc., XXII, 11. [5] Matth., XXVI, 41. [1] Ephes., VI, 14-17. [2] Sermon, CLXIX, n. 18. [3] Epist. CCLIV, n. 4. [4] Epist., XCI, n. 3. [5] Acta Apostolicœ Sedis, XV, 50. [1] This is the common teaching of theologians summarized by SUAREZ in De Religione, t. IV, L I, c. 4, n. 12. [1] II Cor., IV, 17. [2] II Tim., IV, 8. [1] Matth., VII, 20. [2] Codex, can. 487-672; St. THOM., IIa IIœ, q. 24, a. 9;q. 183, a. 1-4; p. 184-186; SUAREZ, De Religione, tr. VII; S. FRANCIS DE SALES, Spiritual Conferences, Letters to Persons in Religion; S. ALPHONSUS, The Religious State; VERMEERSCH, De Religiosis; VALUY, Les Vertus Religieuses, 1914; GAUTRELET, Traité de l’ état religieux; J. P. MOTHON, Traité sur l’ état religieux, 1923; GAY, Religious Life and vows; Card. GASQUET, Religio Religiosi; HEDLEY, Retreat, Retreat for Religious; BUTLER, Benedictine Monachism; SCOTT, Convent Life; BUCKLER, Spiritual Perfection; LORD, Our Nuns; GIRAUD-THURSTON, The Spirit of Sacrifice in the Religious Life; Catholic Encyclop., Religious Life. [3] Can. 487. [4] Can. 593. [1] Theol. moralis, 1. IV, n. 18. [2] Sum. Theol., IIa IIœ, q. 186, a. 1, ad 3. [1] I Cor., VII, 32-33. [2] VALUY, Les Vertus Religieuses, 19e éd. p. 106. To be valid in the external forum, the command must be given in writing or before two witnesses (Code, C. 24). [1] Sum. theol., IIa IIæ, q. 186, a. 9, ad 1 et 3. [2] SCHRAM, Instit. Theol. Mysticœ, § 655, Scholion. [3] Apoc., XXII, 11. [4] Galat., VI, 16. [1] Besides the authors already quoted, see ARVISENET, Memoriale vitæ sacerdotalis; MOLINA LE CHARTREUX, L’instruction des prétres, 2e Traité; OLIER, Traité des SS. Ordres; TRONSON, Particular Examens; DUBOIS, Le saint Prétre; CAUSSETTE, Manrése du Prétre; GIBBONS, The Ambassador of Christ; GIRAUD, Priest and Victim; MANNING, The Eternal Priesthood; MGR. LELONG, Le Prétre; CARD. MERCIER, The Interior Life, Retreat to his Priests, Conferences to his Seminarians; HEDLEY, Lex Levitarum, Retreat for Priests; CARD. VAUGHAN, The Young Priest, Introduction to the Life of St. John B. de Rossi; KEATINGE, The Priest, His Character and Work; MILLET-BYRNE, Jesus Living in the Priest; BRUNEAU, Our Priesthood; GRIMAL, Priesthood and Sacrifice; CARD. BOURNE, Ecclesiastical Training; The Teaching of St. Thomas on Priestly Perfection, Cath. Educ. Assoc., 1924. [2] “By Holy Orders a man is deputed to the most dignified ministry, to serve Christ in the Sacrament of the Altar. For this a greater interior sanctity is required than even the religious state demands.” IIa-IIæ, q. 184, a. 6, 8. [3] Sess. XXII, de Reform, c. 1. [4] Encyclical Quod multum, Aug. 22nd, 1886; Encyclical Letter Depuis le jour, Sept. 8, 1899. [5] Exhortatio ad clerum catholicum, Aug. 4th, 1908. The entire letter should be read. See BRUNEAU, Our Priesthood, Appendix. [1] Can. 124-127. [2] Luke, II, 52. [3] Luke, II, 51. [4] Act., I, 1. [5] Matth., XI, 26. [6] John, XVII, 19. [7] II Cor., V, 20. [1] DELBREL, S. J., Jésus, Educateur des Apótres, ch. IV-VI. [2] Matth., V, 13 and 14. [3] Matth., V, 16. [1] Matth., X, XI; Luke, IX, X, etc. [2] John, XIV-XVII. [3] John, XVII, 27. [1] II Tim., I, 6. [2] “For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God; not proud, not subject to anger, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre: but given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent: embracing that faithful word wich is according to doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to convince the gainsayers.” Tit., I, 7-9. [3] “Pursue justice, godliness, faith, charity, patience, mildness.” I Tim., VI, 11. [4] Tit., II, 7. [5] Most of these Treatises are to be found in a work entitled: “Le Prétre d’aprés les Péres”, by RAYNAUD, 12 in-8°, Paris, 1843. See likewise the numerous texts in L. TRONSON’S book, Forma Cleri. [6] For the explanation of the Pontifical, cfr. OLIER, op. cit., ; BACUEZ, Major Orders, Minor Orders, Vocation and Tonsure; GIRAUD, op. cit., t. II; GONTIER, Explication du Pontifical; BRUNEAU, Our Priesthood. [1] “Celibacy is an heroic virtue, and for heroic virtue we need high sanctity. If I am asked what degree of perfection or holiness the Church demands of her priests, it is enough for me to answer that she demands of them perfect chastity and a life of celibacy. This obligation is so heavy, its extent is so broad, that it either presupposes or leads to a high degree of personal sanctity.” KEATINGE, The Priest, His Character and Work, p. 101. [2] Pontifical, ordination of Subdeacons. [1] II Cor., XII, 15. [2] ST. THOMAS, Suppl., q. 35, a. 1, ad 3. “For the worthy exercise of Holy Orders, ordinary virtue is not enough, but a high degree of sanctity is required.” [1] Hebr., V, 1, 4. [2] Religious in the sense that he is officially charged with fulfiling toward God the duties of religion, and not in the sense of a man entering a religious order and making the three vows. [3] ST. THOMAS says: “Those who handle the divine mysteries obtain a regal dignity and iftust be perfected in virtue.” (IV Sent., dist. 24, q. 2.) [1] Exod., XIX, 22. [2] Levit., XXI, 6. [3] Hebr., VII, 26. [4] Ephes., V, 25-27. [5] Prayer of the Offertory. [1] Ps. XXV. [2] Roman Missal, Prayer before Communion. [3] Imitation, Bk. IV, c. V, n. 1. [4] Matth., XV, 8; Isaiah, XXIX, 13. [1] Read on this subject the excellent book of DOM CHAUTARD, L’â me de tout apostolat. Eng. Tr., The soul of the Apostolate. [2] Matth., IV, 19. [3] John, XV, 16. [4] I Cor., III, 6-7. [5] John, XVII, 19. [6] II Cor., V, 20. [1] I Cor., XIII, 1. [2] Cod., Can. 124. [3] I Cor., IV, 16. [4] James, IV, 6. [1] De Ordinibus Conferendis. [2] Loc. cit. [3] Supplem., q. 35, a. 1, ad 3. [1] Book IV, ch. 5. [2] III Kings, XIX, 7. [3] Acts XVI, 9. [1] John, XVII, 19. [2] Hebr., X, 24. --- > [[at-sl-09|← Ch. IV]]