A Topic of Moral Theology
Breach of Promise
Failing to keep a simple promise: when it binds, when it ceases to bind, and what the breach owes.
The works themselves ask 12 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Promise (Promissio) · Contract (Contractus) · Cessation · Fidelity · Acceptance · Breach of Promise · Breach of promise of marriage · Cessation of law · Compensation · Ingratitude · Obligation · Promises · Secret
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Fourth. On Contracts, Question First. On Contrac…, Article First. On Promise, nn. 546 & 547 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Contracts, n. 1888 — Every valid contract obliges to faithful performance as a duty of conscience, even though it be unenforceable and without civil obligation. We shall discuss the properties of this obligation. (a) Quality of the Obligatio… Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 6. The Remaining Pote…, Breach of Promise, n. 2407 — Infidelity and Violation of a Secret. Infidelity and Violation of a Secret.—It remains to speak of the vices of infidelity and violation of secret (see 2388 a). As to the former, since it has been discussed elsewhere (1877 sqq., 1888, 1889; see also the matt… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, V. On Promise, nn. 987, 988, 989, 990, 991 & 992 (6 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 Contracts, Second Part. On Contracts …, Sect. I, Chapter I. On Promise, nn. 797, 798, 799 & 800 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. IV, Ch. II, ARTICLE I: On Promise, nn. ¶1061 & ¶1062 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON CONTRACTS, SECOND PART: ON CONTRACTS …, CHAPTER I: ON PROMISE, nn. ¶871, ¶872, ¶873 & ¶874 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. II, Question One: On Promise, nn. 477, 478, 479 & 480 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 4. A Promise, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Back to Morality
Chapter XIV: Action for Breach of Promise of Marriage, nn. ¶235, ¶237, ¶238, ¶239, ¶240 & ¶241 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Simple promises — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)