Summa Theologica

IIa IIae q. 185 : Of Things Pertaining To The Episcopal State (Eight Articles)

[Letter] [A4] Entire question
[Letter] [A4] 1. Whether it is lawful to desire the office of a bishop?
[Letter] [A4] 2. Whether it is lawful for a man to refuse absolutely an appointment to the episcopate?
[Letter] [A4] 3. Whether he that is appointed to the episcopate ought to be better than others?
[Letter] [A4] 4. Whether a bishop may lawfully forsake the episcopal cure, in order to enter religion?
[Letter] [A4] 5. Whether it is lawful for a bishop on account of bodily persecution to abandon the flock committed to his care?
[Letter] [A4] 6. Whether it is lawful for a bishop to have property of his own?
[Letter] [A4] 7. Whether bishops sin mortally if they distribute not to the poor the ecclesiastical goods which accrue to them?
[Letter] [A4] 8. Whether religious who are raised to the episcopate are bound to religious observances?