A Topic of Moral Theology
A Law Become Useless
The cessation of a law from within: when a law lapses because its purpose has ceased or its observance has become harmful.
In the index as Law · Cessation of law · End
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. III, Ch. IX, Section II. A Law Become Useless, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Sixth Part: On Ecclesiasti…, Third Question: On the Mut…, Article V: On Cessation of the End, nn. 398, 399 & 400 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Ecclesiastical Law — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · The Casuist · 1917 Code of Canon Law · Decretals of Gregory IX · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)