A Topic of Moral Theology

What the bad-faith possessor must restore

The thing, the fruits, the loss suffered; goods saved from fire; stolen goods that perish.

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knowingly keeping stolen property (ed.)

In the index as Restitution · Possessor · Possessor of another's thing · Thieves · Sale · Faith · Fruits · Another's thing · Buying-Selling · Danger · Doubt · Expenses · Fruits of a thing · Industrial fruits · Possession · Possessor Of Bad Faith · Possessor in bad faith · Restitution, by possessor in bad faith · Stolen Things · Successive Possession · Unjust damaging · Value · Voluptuary expenses

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. III, Ch. II, Section II. Possession of Another's Property in Bad Faith, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § I, Point II. On the Possessor in Bad Faith, nn. 986, 987, 988, 989 & 990 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, Third Part. On Restitution, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. I, § II. On the Possessor of Bad Faith, nn. 645, 646, 647, 648, 649 & 650 (34 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter III: On Restitution, nn. 506, 507, 508, 509, 510 & 511 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 1, Or On The Possession Of An…, 2. On The Possessor In Bad Faith, n. 218 — 218. b) Obligations by reason of fruits. By natural law the possessor in bad faith is held to restore: a) both natural and civil fruits of the thing which he himself received (even if perhaps the owner would not have rec… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section A: Concerning the …, Question Two: Concerning t…, Article II: On Detention of a Thing Received, nn. ¶1, 298, 299, 300 & 301 (42 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. III, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the Possessor of Bad Faith, nn. 420, 420, Q. 2, 420, Q. 3, 420, Q. 4 & 420, Q. 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Act of Commutative …, On the restitution to be made by a possessor in bad faith, nn. 1–44 (44 passages)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. II, Chapter I — The notion of restitution, and the principles from which it proceeds. Tardy debtors and their confessors are admonished, nn. XV, XVII & XXI (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. I, Disputation XXVII: On Thef…, Question XII: On the restitution of thefts, nn. 1–25 (25 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Possession of Another's Property in Bad Faith — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Koch–Preuss · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)