Cases — Thomas Slater, S.J.
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
First published 1912. Slater's Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II (Benziger Brothers, 1912), transcribed page by page from the print with every word preserved; the Latin of the cases, which Slater set in Latin, stands here in a literal English translation made for this library, and the Latin titles, formulas and technical terms are kept as he printed them. Download: PDF · EPUB The original this transcription was made from: Internet Archive.
A hundred and forty further cases put and solved, carrying the work through the matter the first volume left: the precepts of the Church, the sacraments, matrimony, and the duties of particular states. Slater set each case in Latin and answered it in English; the cases stand here in English too.
The book’s own contents, as printed: Contents (as printed)
Contents
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- Title Page
- Contents (as printed)
- Duties of Particular States
Duties of Clerics
- Case 1. Vocation to the Priesthood
- Case 2. A Doubtful Vocation
- Case 3. Clerical Celibacy
- Case 4. Clerical Life
- Case 5. Public Theatricals
- Case 6. Trading
- Case 7. Warlike Missionaries
- Case 8. Duty of Residence
- Case 9. Different Ideals of Parochial Work
- Case 10. A Negligent Parish Priest
- Case 11. A Priest's Proper Bishop
Duties of Religious
- Case 1. A Vocation to Religion
- Case 2. Impediments to Entering Religion
- Case 3. Obstacles to Vocation
- Case 4. Religious and Seculars
- Case 5. The Obligation of the Rule
- Case 6. A Religious Legatee
- Case 7. Various Questions on Poverty
- Case 8. A Meddling Lawyer
- Case 9. A Wide Interpretation of the Rule
- Case 10. The Vow of Chastity
- Case 11. Solemnity of Vows
- The Sacraments
The Holy Eucharist
- Case 1. Adulterated Matter
- Case 2. Fasting Communion
- Case 3. The Fast Broken
- Case 4. Doubtful Dispositions
- Case 5. Was Confession Obligatory?
- Case 6. Non-fasting Communion
- Case 7. Intention to Consecrate
- Case 8. Doubtful Consecration
- Case 9. Mass for a Non-catholic
- Case 10. Stipends for Mass
- Case 11. Funded Masses
- Case 12. Trading in Masses
- Case 13. Mass in a Private Room
- Case 14. Masses for the Dead
- Case 15. Altar Furniture
Penance
- Case 1. Doubtful Matter
- Case 2. A Convert's Confession
- Case 3. An Anxious Penitent
- Case 4. No Sorrow for What She Has Done
- Case 5. Was He Prepared?
- Case 6. Probable Opinions in Penance
- Case 7. Confessions on Board Ship
- Case 8. A Privilege of Regulars
- Case 9. A Regular's Approbation
- Case 10. Confessor of Nuns
- Case 11. Full and Specific Confession
- Case 12. Absolution of the Dying
- Case 13. A Pair of Penitents
- Case 14. Absolution by Telephone
- Case 15. An Unfortunate Mother
- Case 16. Doubtful Jurisdiction
- Case 17. A Lie in Confession
- Case 18. A Dying Nun
- Case 19. A Bishop's Reserved Case
- Case 20. On the Absolution of an Accomplice
- Case 21. Feigned Absolution of an Accomplice
- Case 22. An Empty Distinction
- Case 23. Error Does Not Confer Jurisdiction
- Case 24. Asking the Name of an Accomplice
- Case 25. A Recidivist
- Case 26. A London Actress
- Case 27. A Loose Principle
- Case 28. Requisite Knowledge in the Confessor
- Case 29. The Seal Not Broken
- Case 30. Confession with Unexpected Results
- Case 31. Unlawful Use of Confessional Matter
- Case 32. A Useless Device
Matrimony
- Case 1. Informal Betrothal
- Case 2. An Action for Breach of Promise
- Case 3. A Promise Confirmed by Oath
- Case 4. Debts of Betrothed
- Case 5. Maternity Impossible
- Case 6. Parents Against Marriage
- Case 7. Banns
- Case 8. An Unhappy Marriage
- Case 9. A Drunken Husband
- Case 10. A Lawyer and a Divorce Case
- Case 11. Dispensation from Banns
- Case 12. Previous Marriage
- Case 13. A Too Accommodating Priest
- Case 14. Doubtful Baptism and Marriage
- Case 15. Affinity
- Case 16. Consanguinity
- Case 17. Sacred Orders
- Case 18. Fear
- Case 19. Crime
- Case 20. Was She Free to Marry?
- Case 21. Multiple Impediments
- Case 22. A Treacherous Friend
- Case 23. A Governess's Marriage
- Case 24. Marriage Before the Registrar
- Case 25. A Notable Case
- Case 26. General Leave of Parish Priest
- Case 27. Requisites for Marriage
- Case 28. Subjects of the Law of Clandestinity
- Case 29. The Month’s Stay of *Lest [it be Done] Rashly*
- Case 30. Mixed Marriage
- Case 31. Impediment Dispensed
- Case 32. A Complicated Case
- Case 33. Married a Widow with Three Children
- Case 34. Which Bishop Has Jurisdiction?
- Case 35. Revalidation of Marriage
- Case 36. Cohabitation of Married People
- Case 37. A Troubled Wife
- Case 38. A Husband in Difficulties
- Case 39. Unwilling to Return to Her Husband