A Topic of Moral Theology
Acceptance of a law
Ecclesiastical law binds without the people's acceptance; a law never put in force; a bishop's duty toward new pontifical laws
The works themselves ask 18 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Law · Acceptance (Acceptatio) · Bishop (Episcopus) · Custom · Doubt · HUMAN law · Obligation of law · Promulgation · Promulgation of a law · Consent of the will · Decision · Notes · Time · Acceptance of a law · Acceptance of ecclesiastical law by subjects or by civil authority is not required · Acceptance of law · Apostolic constitutions · Apostolic letters · Bishops · Decrees, decretal letters · Distribution · Heresy · Holy See · Justice
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. III, Chapter V. The Acceptance of a Law, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. VII, § I. On the Obligation of Law Generally, n. 148 — IV. Quality, or species, of obligation. The obligation of a law or precept is the obligation of that virtue from whose motive or formal object the law or precept was passed. The reason is that the species of obligation m… Read in context →
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. I, Diss. I, Pt. II, Section I. On Sins Against the Precept of the Internal Act, n. 493 — III. Acceptance of propositions condemned by a note lower than heresy. Besides the sins explained under I and II, which exclude faith, there are others by which believers who retain faith in some way sin against faith, f… Read in context →
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Appendix I. On Distributive Justice in Particular, n. 1047 — II. To distributive justice is opposed the acceptance of persons, as it is called. "For the equality of distributive justice consists in this, that different things are assigned to different persons according to proporti… Read in context →
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. I, Treatise On Laws, Part One. On Laws in General, Ch. IV, Article II. On the Acceptance of Law, nn. 98 & 99 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Laws, nn. 271 & 272 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. III, Article IV. On the Promulgation and Acceptance of Law, nn. 200, 201, 202, 203 & 204 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. II, Article II: On the Acceptance of Law, nn. ¶162, ¶163, ¶164 & ¶165 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON LAWS, FIRST PART: ON LAWS IN GEN…, Ch. IV, ARTICLE II: ON ACCEPTANCE OF LAW, nn. ¶122, ¶123 & ¶124 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Section B: On the Laws Whi…, Fourth Part: On Human and …, First Question: On Human L…, Article IV: On the Formation of Human Law, nn. 273, 274, 275 & 276 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Sixth Part: On Ecclesiasti…, First Question: On Ecclesi…, Article III: On the Formation of Ecclesiastical Law, nn. 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334 & 335 (32 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. III, Pt. I, Chapter VI. On the Acceptance of Law, nn. 84, 85, 85, Q. 2 & 85, Q. 3 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On Human Law, Whether law depends on the acceptance of the people?, nn. 1–28 (28 passages)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, Laws, Case 5. Non-acceptance of a Law, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Law — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Koch–Preuss · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · 1917 Code of Canon Law · Decretum of Gratian — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)