A Topic of Moral Theology
Change of Law
Abrogation, derogation and the other ways in which laws are altered by the legislator.
In the index as Law · Laws · Abrogation · Cessation of law · Derogation of law · Dispensation · End · Irritation of law · Laws, change of · Revocation
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 4. Human Law, Change of Law, nn. 389 & 390 (2 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 …, Third Question: On the Mutability of Human Law, nn. ¶1, 298 & 299 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Sixth Part: On Ecclesiasti…, Third Question: On the Mut…, Article VI: On Abrogation and Derogation, nn. ¶1, 401, 402 & 403 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On the Change of Laws, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The divisions of law — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)