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Dissertation I — On the Oath

Contents

Chapter I — What God commands, or forbids, by this second precept of the Decalogue, is explained
Chapter II — Several heretics who condemn the sacred oath as unlawful. Their errors are reviewed. The oath is shown to be an honorable act, lawful for Christians, and the fruit of the virtue of religion, or of latria
Chapter III — Propositions are reviewed which, holding the oath cheap, the Church has proscribed. Innocent XI condemned themnn. 15–28
Chapter IV — Lax, or improbable, propositions are reviewed, which not a few Casuists teach
Chapter V — What an oath is; various formulas of swearing are explained
Chapter VI — Some further little questions concerning oath formulas are resolved. Rules too are assigned for distinguishing what counts, or does not count, as an oath, especially concerning this formula: "By God"
Chapter VII — The divisions of oaths are given, and whether all oaths are of the same species is explained
Chapter VIII — Under what conditions an oath is lawful; a threefold condition is necessary for it: truth, judgment, justice. Other rules of swearing are assigned by St. Thomas
Chapter IX — What truth is required in an assertory oath. The defect of even the smallest truth in this oath is a mortal sin. Some little questions concerning perjury are resolved
Chapter X — On the defect of justice, and of judgment, in an assertory oath. Some little questions are resolved