Manual — Daniele Concina, O.P.
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
First published 1760. Concina's own abridgment of his Theologia christiana dogmatico-moralis, published after his death: Books I-III from the first of the four tomes printed at Venice in 1761 (from the press of St. Thomas Aquinas), with the printer's preface and Concina's Declaration; Books IX-XIII from the second of the two volumes printed at Bologna in 1760 (for Simone Occhi, bookseller of Venice). The two printings give one text. Books IV-VIII are not yet on the site. The English translation is from a friend of this site who wished to remain anonymous. Concina's paragraph numbers are kept as he printed them, beginning again in every chapter; the paragraphing otherwise follows the translation, and may differ from the print in places. A chapter the English lacked, the contents of both tomes, and the printer's catalogue of Concina's works were translated for this site from the print, and are marked (ed.); the lines of Tome I's contents for Books IV-VIII will be shown when those Books are added. Download: · EPUB The original this transcription was made from: Internet Archive — the Latin, Books I-VIII (Bologna, 1760) · Books IX-XIII (Bologna, 1760).
The Dominican champion of probabiliorism in his own compendium of his great Theologia: the Apparatus (Scripture, tradition, the Church, councils and the authority of the Fathers and theologians), conscience and the case against probabilism, the theological virtues and religion (Books I-III); justice, restitution, contracts and usury, the sacraments, penance and the confessor, extreme unction, orders, simony and benefices, matrimony, censures and the religious state (Books IX-XIII). Each matter opens with the propositions the Holy See condemned and the lax opinions of the casuists.
The book’s own contents, as printed: Contents of Tome I (as printed) · Contents of Tome II (as printed)
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- Title Page of Tome I (Venice, 1761)
- The Printer to the Fair-Minded Reader, Hearty Greetings
- Declaration and Sincere Protestation of Fr. Daniele Concina
- Contents of Tome I (as printed)
Book One — Apparatus to This Theology
- Chapter I — On the things which, first of all, a Director of souls ought to know
- Chapter II — On Sacred Scripture
- Chapter III — The supreme necessity by which all Theologians, but especially those who direct the consciences of Christians, are bound to the study of holy Scripture
- Chapter IV — Pastors and Directors of Christians ought, first of all, to be exactly versed in the spirit of the Christian profession, and in its chief rules and most lucid principles
- Chapter V — On the fewness of the Elect, and the multitude of the Reprobate
- Chapter VI — Bishops ought to examine those to be initiated into sacred Orders above all upon their knowledge of the Gospels
- Chapter VII — On Traditions
- Chapter VIII — On the Church
- Chapter IX — On Councils
- Chapter X — On the authority of the Supreme Pontiffs, of the holy Fathers, and of the Theologians, both Scholastic and Moralist
- Chapter XI — Certain objections are dissolved, and certain admonitions are assigned
Book II — Apparatus to Christian Dogmatic-Moral Theology
Dissertation I — On Conscience
- Chapter I — On Conscience, and its division
- Chapter II — On the obligation by which Confessors are bound to enlighten penitents laboring under an invincibly erroneous conscience. Lax opinions are refuted
- Chapter III — Works performed from an invincibly erroneous conscience, though they lack formal malice, are nevertheless endowed with no goodness or merit
- Chapter IV — On the doubting Conscience
- Chapter V — The two rules are expounded: In doubts the safer part is to be chosen; In doubts the condition of the possessor is the better; and what diligence is required for laying aside a doubt
- Chapter VI — On the Scrupulous Conscience
Dissertation II — On Probabilism, and its consequences
- Chapter I — Opinions condemned by the Holy See in the controversy of Probabilism
- Chapter II — What, and of how many kinds, is the probable, the more probable, the safe, and the safer opinion. The genuine sense of the question is proposed
- Chapter III — By an evident and ineluctable argument it is proved that the doctrine of the licit use of the less probable opinion in view of the more probable is false and antievangelical
- Chapter IV — By the authority of the Supreme Pontiff Alexander VII it is proved that the probabilistic system wars against the evangelical Law
- Chapter V — By the authority of the Venerable Innocent XI, Supreme Pontiff, Probabilism is proved to stand condemned
- Chapter VI — By other weights of reasons Probabilism is overthrown
- Chapter VII — The paradoxes of the Probabilists are weighed
- Chapter VIII — Most grave absurdities which necessarily follow upon Probabilism
- Chapter IX — By the authority of the Theologians Probabilism is condemned
- Chapter X — It is licit to embrace an opinion evidently more probable for liberty, the less probable and safer opinion for the law being left aside
- Chapter XI — An exhortation to Confessors
Book III — On the First Commandment of the Decalogue — That is, on faith, hope, and charity, by which God is worshipped
Dissertation I — On faith, and hope
- Chapter I — The propositions condemned by the Church in the matter of faith are recounted
- Chapter II — A census of propositions which seem lax, culled from the Casuists
- Chapter III — On Faith, and its division
- Chapter IV — On the necessity of the things to be believed
- Chapter V — What the Faithful ought to know of those things which form morals, and conform the life of Christians to the exemplar of our Master Christ Jesus
- Chapter VI — On the divine and ecclesiastical precept of confessing the Christian doctrine, both of faith and of morals
- Chapter VII — On Infidelity, and its various species opposed to the virtue of faith
- Chapter VIII — On the communication of the Faithful with Infidels
- Chapter IX — On Heresy, and Apostasy from the faith, and the penalties enacted against Heretics
- Chapter X — On prohibited Books
- Chapter XI — The notion, object, subject, precept of the theological virtue of hope, and the time at which its obligation presses
Dissertation II — On charity towards God
- Chapter I — A census of the proscribed propositions
- Chapter II — An inventory of propositions which seem lax
- Chapter III — The notion, object, prerogatives, and precept of theological charity
- Chapter IV — The times are designated at which this precept of loving God presses
- Chapter V — Consequences, which urge the exercises and offices of the theological virtues
Dissertation III — On charity towards the Neighbor
- Chapter I — The propositions condemned against the charity of the Neighbor are recounted
- Chapter II — Lax propositions of the Casuists
- Chapter III — On the divine precept by which we are commanded to love our neighbor with an internal act of charity
- Chapter IV — On the love of enemies
- Chapter V — On corporal Almsgiving
- Chapter VI — Select testimonies of the Fathers, by which the rich are urged to Almsgiving, and their vain excuses are refuted
- Chapter VII — On the time at which the precept of almsgiving presses. Various questions are resolved
- Chapter VIII — Who are bound to give alms, out of what goods, and to which poor?
- Chapter IX — An admonition to Confessors
- Chapter X — On fraternal correction
Dissertation VI — On the Canonical Hours
- Chapter I — The condemned propositions are recounted
- Chapter II — Lax propositions of certain Authors
- Chapter III — On the number and definition of the Canonical Hours
- Chapter IV — On the obligation of reciting the Canonical Hours in choir; and on the time, order, and place at which they must be recited
- Chapter V — On those who are bound to recite the Canonical Hours privately
- Chapter VI — On the obligation of reciting the Canonical Hours, by which Beneficiaries are bound
- Chapter VII — On the restitution owed by Beneficiaries on account of the omission of the divine office
- Chapter VIII — On the attention, intention, voice, time, and place to be kept in reciting the Canonical Hours
- Chapter IX — On the causes excusing from reciting the Canonical Hours
- Chapter X — On the obligation of Canons to frequent choir, that they may earn the daily distributions; and on the causes excusing them from the frequenting of choir
Dissertation IX — On the Vow
- Chapter I — The condemned and lax propositions are recounted
- Chapter II — The notion of the vow, and its conditions
- Chapter III — On the distinction of vows
- Chapter IV — On the obligation of vows, and various questions concerning vows
- Chapter V — On the cessation, invalidation, dispensation, and commutation of vows
- Title Page of Tome II (Bologna, 1760)
- Contents of Tome II (as printed)
Book Nine — On Justice and Right
Dissertation I — On the notion and division of justice
- Chapter I — Propositions condemned by Alexander VII and Innocent XI
- Chapter II — The lax opinions of several Casuists
- Chapter III — The various acceptations of right: the notions and divisions of justice
- Chapter IV — On dominion, and its division, and the partition of goods
- Chapter V — On the dominion of things found, and of those things which accrue by force of alluvion or in another manner; and on prescription
Dissertation II — On restitution, both in general and in particular
- Chapter I — The notion of restitution, and the principles from which it proceeds. Tardy debtors and their confessors are admonished
- Chapter II — On those who either hinder others from obtaining some good, or cooperate in the loss of others
- Chapter III — On those to whom restitution ought to be made; and on the order to be observed in restitution
- Chapter IV — What are the causes on account of which restitution may be omitted or deferred
- Chapter V — On restitution on account of homicide, or mutilation, or defloration, or adultery
Dissertation III — On contracts, universally and particularly
- Chapter I — The definition of a contract, its causes and properties
- Chapter II — On the various contracts
- Chapter III — On those who can enter upon contracts validly and lawfully; on the solemnity of law that is necessary; what firmness an oath adds to a contract; to whom restitution *in integrum* belongs
- Chapter IV — On the contract of selling and buying. On those who can sell and buy. What things are vendible
- Chapter V — On trade, and on those to whom it is forbidden or permitted
- Chapter VI — On monopolies lawful and unlawful. On sale with an agreement of resale
- Chapter VII — On the just price of things, and on its increase on account of deferred payment
Dissertation IV — On loan and usury
- Chapter I — The definition of loan, and its properties
- Chapter II — The notion of usury: all usury, whether small or great, whether exacted from a rich man or from a poor man, is forbidden by divine law
- Chapter III — Certain little questions concerning usury are resolved
- Chapter IV — On the danger of losing the principal. Certain lax opinions are refuted. The chapter *Naviganti* is set forth in its true sense, the comments of the younger authors being rejected
- Chapter V — On emerging loss
- Chapter VI — On ceasing gain, and its conditions
- Chapter VII — On mental usury, and on agreements added to a loan
- Chapter VIII — On the *Monti di Pietà*
- Chapter IX — On the triple contract, and other contracts
Dissertation V — On exchanges, rent-charges, letting, gaming, and wagering, promise, donation, and testaments
- Chapter I — On exchange, and its division and conditions
- Chapter II — On rent-charges real and personal, and their division
- Chapter III — On the personal rent-charge, a wonderful cloak of usury
- Chapter IV — On gaming and wagering
- Chapter V — On assurance, pledge, composition, emphyteusis, loan for use, precarium, deposit, letting, hiring, promise, donation
- Chapter VI — On testaments
- Chapter VII — On necessary heirs, and their substitution
- Chapter VIII — On legacies, and their diversity
- Chapter IX — On the obligations of those who serve the courts
Book Ten — On the Sacraments of the New Law
Dissertation II — On Baptism and Confirmation
- Chapter I — The notion of Baptism, and its matter
- Chapter II — On the form, and on the threefold Baptism
- Chapter III — On the minister of Baptism, its institution, obligation, and necessity
- Chapter IV — On the dispositions of adults for receiving Baptism, and on its effects and ceremonies
- Chapter V — On the obligation of the baptismal profession
- Chapter VI — On the sacrament of Confirmation
Dissertation III — On the most august Sacrament of the Eucharist
- Chapter I — The notion of the Eucharist, and its matter and form
- Chapter II — Certain questions which are wont to be raised concerning the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist
- Chapter III — On the minister of the Eucharist, and on those to whom it ought to be administered
- Chapter IV — On the necessity of this Sacrament and its effects
- Chapter V — On the dispositions for the Eucharist, and on frequent Communion. Several opinions of certain men are refuted
Book Eleven — On the Sacrament of Penancenn. 1–64
Dissertation I — On the virtue and sacrament of Penancenn. 1–64
- Chapter I — Propositions condemned by the Holy Seenn. 1–64
- Chapter II — The axioms of certain casuists, which are as it were theological loci, or fountains, whence they draw their conclusions and resolutions
- Chapter III — On the virtue of penance
- Chapter IV — On the sacrament of Penance, and its remote and proximate matter
- Chapter V — On contrition, the first part of Penance, and its natural and divine precept
- Chapter VI — On the insufficiency of fear-born, or servile, attrition for the valid receiving of the sacrament of Penance
- Chapter VII — On the necessity of love, or of inchoate charity, for the sacrament of Penance
- Chapter VIII — Certain questions concerning grief and purpose are resolved
- Chapter IX — THE IMAGE of Christian justification, depicted with the lineaments of the holy Scriptures
- Chapter X — The conditions of the purpose necessary for Confession
Dissertation II — On sacramental Confession and satisfaction
- Chapter I — What sacramental Confession is, and when its divine precept obliges
- Chapter II — On the conditions of sacramental Confession
- Chapter III — On the obligation of confessing the circumstances of sins
- Chapter IV — On the obligation of confessing circumstances mortally aggravating within the same species. The doctrine of St. Thomas is vindicated
- Chapter V — On the remaining circumstances
- Chapter VI — Whether doubtful sins are to be confessed
- Chapter VII — On the causes excusing from the material integrity of confession. On a dying man destitute of his senses, and on confessions to be repeated. Lax opinions are refuted
- Chapter VIII — On satisfaction, the third integral part of the sacrament of Penance
- Chapter IX — On the quality, quantity, and time of the satisfaction to be enjoined upon penitents
- Chapter X — On the obligation of penitents to accept the satisfaction imposed by the confessor for deadly sins
- Chapter XI — On indulgences
Dissertation IV — On sacramental absolution to be imparted, deferred, or denied; on the seal of the confessor; and on solicitation
- Chapter I — On the form of sacramental absolution
- Chapter II — The true image of a converted sinner, from the holy Scriptures and the Fathers
- Chapter III — Several questions concerning absolution to be imparted or deferred to relapsing sinners, and to those engaged in an occasion of sinning
- Chapter IV — On the seal of confession
- Chapter V — On solicitation
- An Admonition to Confessors
Book Twelve — On the Sacraments of Extreme Unction and Order; on Simony and Benefices
Dissertation I — On Extreme Unction and Order
- Chapter I — Condemned and lax propositions are recounted which regard the remaining three sacraments of extreme unction, order, and matrimony
- Chapter II — On the sacrament of extreme unction, its matter and form, on its minister, subject, and the dispositions for receiving it
- Chapter III — On the sacrament of Order
- Chapter IV — On the matter and form of the sacrament of Order
- Chapter V — On the minister and subject of the sacrament of Order, and its effects
- Chapter VI — On the vocation of those to be initiated, and the signs by which it can be discerned
- Chapter VII — On the things which clerics ought to perform, and on those from which they ought to abstain
Dissertation II — On simony
- Chapter I — The definition of simony, its various species: and what things have the character of a price for contracting simony
- Chapter II — How simony is committed while a temporal thing is delivered either as a price, or as a motive, or as a gratuitous compensation
- Chapter III — On the penalties against simoniacs, and on the restitution of those things which have been acquired through simony
Dissertation III — On benefices
- Chapter I — The notion of an ecclesiastical benefice, and the various kinds of benefices
- Chapter II — On pensions and coadjutorships
- Chapter III — On the residence of pastors
- Chapter IV — On the qualities necessary for the valid and lawful acquisition of benefices
- Chapter V — On the worthier who are to be elected to ecclesiastical benefices
- Chapter VI — On the plurality of benefices
- Chapter VII — Beneficiaries are bound out of justice, and not only out of charity, to dispense all superfluous things to the poor
Book Thirteen — On Matrimony, Censures, and the Religious State
Dissertation I — On matrimony
- Chapter I — On the essence and institution of matrimony
- Chapter II — On the matter, form, and minister of the sacrament of matrimony
- Chapter III — On the conditions of the mutual consent necessary to matrimony
- Chapter IV — On the properties of matrimony, and on simultaneous and successive polygamy
- Chapter V — On the indissolubility of the conjugal bond, and on divorce
- Chapter VI — On betrothals and their conditions
- Chapter VII — On clandestine matrimony, on the banns, and on the other things which ought to precede matrimony
Dissertation III — On the obligation and sins of the betrothed and of spouses
- Chapter I — On the end of betrothals, and the obligation and sins of the betrothed
- Chapter II — Several opinions concerning the sins of the betrothed are resolved
- Chapter III — On the sins of spouses in contracting matrimony, and on their obligation in the mutual rendering of the debt
- Chapter IV — On the sins which spouses can perpetrate in the exercise of the conjugal office against the end, the time, the place, and the good of offspring
- Chapter V — Whence chiefly it comes about that very many marriages abound with inconveniences and hardships. Admonitions to confessors and parish priests
Dissertation IV — On censures in general and severally
- Chapter I — The notion and partition of a censure, and who can pass censures
- Chapter II — On the fault on account of which a censure can be passed, and what causes excuse from censures
- Chapter III — On absolution from censures
- Chapter IV — On censures severally, namely on the greater and lesser excommunication
- Chapter V — On suspension and its effects, and on deposition and degradation
- Chapter VI — On interdict, and on cessation from divine offices
- Chapter VII — On irregularity in general and in particular, from delict and from defect
Dissertation V — On the religious state
- Chapter I — The notion of the religious state, and its obligation of aspiring to evangelical perfection
- Chapter II — On the vow of poverty
- Chapter III — Regulars vowing evangelical poverty vow the very community of goods
- Chapter IV — The decrees of the Council of Trent and the constitutions of the Supreme Pontiffs urge Regulars to an exact common life, private purses being driven out
- Chapter V — Community being taken away, neither the vow of obedience nor the observance of regular discipline can long stand
- Chapter VI — How hostilely life-rents fight with the vow of monastic poverty. The excuses and sophisms with which the corruption of private purses is wont to be encrusted
- Chapter VII — On the games of Regulars, and other things which fight with the vow of poverty
- Chapter VIII — How grave is the obligation of Prelates of bringing in community. What Regulars ought to do who dwell in cloisters where, the common life being driven out, private purses creep in. And whether young men can lawfully receive the religious habit in these places
- Chapter IX — On the vow of chastity and of obedience
- Chapter X — On the noviceship of Regulars
- Chapter XI — On the profession of Regulars
- Chapter XII — On the study of letters upon which Regulars are bound to apply themselves; what method is to be observed in learning the sciences
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