Summa Theologiae by St Thomas Aquinas
SS: Treatise On The States Of Life
Q187 Of Those Things That Are Competent To Religious
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We must now consider the things that are competent to religious; and under this head there are six points of inquiry:

A1 Whether it is lawful for them to teach, preach, and do like things?

A2 Whether it is lawful for them to meddle in secular business?

A3 Whether they are bound to manual labor?

A4 Whether it is lawful for them to live on alms?

A5 Whether it is lawful for them to quest?

A6 Whether it is lawful for them to wear coarser clothes than other persons?

 
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