dissertation — Concina, Theologia Christiana III
Dissertation II — On the Promissory Oath
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Those matters have thus far been discussed which concern the oath in common, and especially the assertory oath. It remains now that I take up a discourse concerning the promissory oath. This indeed has its own peculiar difficulties, since, beyond the truth of a present assertion, it carries with it a promise to be fulfilled in the future. In this disputation, then, I shall first examine those difficulties which pertain to truth, judgment, and justice; then I shall set forth the extent of the obligation which this oath induces.
Within this division
- Chapter I — On the truth and judgment necessary in a promissory oath. Little questions of no small moment are examined
- Chapter II — On the justice necessary for a promissory oath
- Chapter III — On the matter of a promissory oath, which induces an obligation
- Chapter IV — What the obligation of a promissory oath is. It is compared with the obligation of a vow. What intention, or resolve, is required in a promissory oath. To swear without the intention of swearing is always a mortal sin