Summa Theologiae by St Thomas Aquinas
SS: Treatise On The States Of Life
Q185 Of Things Pertaining To The Episcopal State
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We must now consider things pertaining to the episcopal state. Under this head there are eight points of inquiry:

A1 Whether it is lawful to desire the office of a bishop?

A2 Whether it is lawful to refuse the office of bishop definitively?

A3 Whether the better man should be chosen for the episcopal office?

A4 Whether a bishop may pass over to the religious state?

A5 Whether he may lawfully abandon his subjects in a bodily manner?

A6 Whether he can have anything of his own?

A7 Whether he sins mortally by not distributing ecclesiastical goods to the poor?

A8 Whether religious who are appointed to the episcopal office are bound to religious observances?

 
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