A Topic of Moral Theology
Books of Apostates, Heretics and Schismatics
The books of those who have left the faith or attack it, and what counts as impugning religion.
The works themselves ask 7 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Various words: · Books of heretics · Non-Catholics · Clauses: · Religion · Apostates · Censure (Censura) · Heresy · Schismatic · Annales parlementaires · Apostasy from the Faith (Apostasia a fide) · Book · Book, prohibited books · Books · Books condemned absolutely or restrictively by the General Decrees · Books defending schism · Catholic notes in a book of a heretic · Classes of condemned works · Ecumenical Council · Gravity of sin (Gravitas peccati) · Heresiarchs · Heretics · Journal Officiel · Labbe
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)
160. The Reading of Books of Heretics, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
On the Prohibition and Censorship of Books (De prohibitione et censura librorum)
Tit. I, Ch. I, Heretics, Schismatics, and Other Writers, n. ¶1 — Subject of the chapter This chapter is most general, since it observes both the kinds of writers and the subject matters of works.Read in context →
Tit. I, Ch. I, Heretics, Schismatics, and Other Wri…, Article 1, nn. ¶1 & 65 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tit. I, Ch. I, Heretics, Schismatics, and Other Wri…, Article 2, nn. ¶1 & 66 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tit. I, Ch. I, Heretics, Schismatics, and Other Wri…, Article 3, nn. ¶1 & 67 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tit. I, Ch. I, Heretics, Schismatics, and Other Wri…, Article 4, nn. ¶1 & 68 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. IV, Pt. III, Ch. VI, Section 2: The Prohibition of Books, nn. ¶10 & ¶11 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. II, Treatise on Censures, Appendix III: On Censures …, § I. On Excommunications Latae Sententiae Reserved to the Roman Pontiff in a Special Manner, nn. ¶1702, ¶3, ¶1703 & ¶1704 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Faith, Fourth Part: On the Vices …, Question Two: On Sins Indi…, Article III: On the Reading and Dissemination of Prohibited Writings, n. 771 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation III: On Heresy, Question VIII: On the other means the Church uses against heretics, by forbidding their books, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Back to Morality
Chapter XVII: Reserved Cases, nn. ¶330, ¶331, ¶332, ¶333, ¶334, ¶335, ¶336, ¶337 & ¶338 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Prohibited Books — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)