A Topic of Moral Theology
Civil Law
The moral authority of the State's laws, penal laws, and when civil law binds in conscience.
The works themselves ask 36 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
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Also asked about as…
obeying government laws · secular law and sin (ed.)
In the index as Law · Civil law (Lex Civilis) · Public offices (Officia Publica) · Legislative power · Citizens (Cives) · Civil legislator · Civil power · Jurisdiction · Legal justice · Magistrates (Magistratus) · Absolution (Absolutio) · Author of law · HUMAN law · Legislator (Legislator) · Obedience (Obedientia) · Prince · Right · State · "Lynchers." · Aggressor (Aggressor) · Austin and legal obligation · Authentics · Author, promulgation, subject, modern tendencies, and use in the ecclesiastical forum of civil law · Blackstone and legal obligation
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. III, Ch. X, Section IV. Penal and Voiding Laws, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. III, Ch. X, Section V. Civil or Municipal Law, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 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. II, Sect. III, Scholion III. On Civil Law, n. 95 — I. Civil law is the complex of laws made by civil authority. II. Civil law is distinguished: 1. By reason of time, into old and modern law. a) Old law, by which Roman Law is understood, consists of four parts, which are:… Read in context →
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. III, Sect. II, Point II. On the Legislative Power of the Civil State, nn. 113, 114, 115 & 116 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. V, § III, Scholion. On the Subjects of Civil Law, nn. 133, 134 & 135 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 6. Civil Law, Meaning, n. 542 — Meaning. Meaning.—Just as the Church has the right and duty to make laws which will promote the spiritual welfare of her members, so has the State the power and obligation to legislate for the temporal happiness of its citizens: … Read in context →
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 6. Civil Law, Origin, nn. 543, 544 & 545 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 6. Civil Law, The Obligation of Civil Law, nn. 551, 552, 553, 554, 555 & 556 (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 Laws, Part Two. On the Principal…, Ch. II, Article II. On Civil Law, nn. 131 & 132 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Laws, nn. 332, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339 & 340 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. I, Tr. III, Ch. II, Article III: On Civil Law, nn. 335, 336, 337 & ¶1 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. I, Art. I, § 2. On the Author of Civil Law, nn. ¶147, ¶148, ¶149, ¶150, ¶1, ¶2, ¶151 & ¶152 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. III, Article IX. On Civil Law and Its Obligation, nn. 284, 285, 286 & 287 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, Decrees, Declarations, and Instruct…, I. Chronological Series of…, P. Syllabus Embracing the …, § VI: Errors Concerning Civil Society, Considered Both in Itself and in Its Relations to the Church, nn. ¶1–¶34 (34 passages)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON LAWS, PART SECOND: ON THE PRINCI…, Ch. II, ARTICLE II: ON CIVIL LAW, n. ¶177 — 177. - As individual nations or political communities, so also our Federated States have their own laws, by which they are governed. Of these, a) some proceed from Congress; b) others from the legislative assemblies of t… Read in context →
Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. IV, ARTICLE III: ON THE OBLIGATIONS OF MAGISTRATES AND CITIZENS, nn. ¶452, ¶453, ¶454, ¶455, ¶456, ¶457, ¶458, ¶459, ¶1 & ¶460 (10 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 Civil Law, nn. ¶1, 262, 263 & 264 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
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 I: On the End of Human Law, nn. 265 & 266 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
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 II: On the Author of Civil Law, nn. 267, 268 & 269 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
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 III: On the Quality of Human Law, nn. ¶1, 270, 271 & 272 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. III, Pt. II, Chapter IV. On Civil Law, nn. 111 & 112 (2 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 Power of Human Law, On penal law, nn. 1–24 (24 passages)
Questions of Moral Theology
Slater, Questions, Civil Law and Conscience, nn. ¶566–¶582, ¶584, ¶585, ¶587, ¶588, ¶589, ¶590, ¶591, ¶592, ¶593, ¶594, ¶595, ¶596, ¶597, ¶598, ¶599, ¶601, ¶602, ¶603 & ¶604 (36 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, The Seventh Commandment—Ju…, Case 6. Patent-right, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
§ 1. On Penal Law., nn. 164 & 165 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
§ 2. On Invalidating Law., nn. 166, 167 & 168 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Laws, V. On Invalidating and Penal Law, nn. 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230 & 231 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, On Laws, VI. On the Law of Taxes, n. 232 — Whether and how do the laws of taxes oblige in conscience? A tax is called that which is paid to the State as necessary for the common expenses of the commonwealth. It is direct if it is imposed directly on persons, by r… Read in context →
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XX. On Reparation of Injustice, n. 1323 — Resolutions: An unjust distributor of public offices is held to nothing toward the worthy person passed over, because he violated no strict right of his. Nevertheless he is certainly held toward society and toward privat… Read in context →
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)
18. On Invalidating and Penal Law, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Laws, nn. 166, 168, 170, 169, 171, 178, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 190, 195, 214, 227, 227, 228, 237, 241, 242, 250, 258, 254, 260, 262, 264, 266, 270, 281, 272, 273, 279, 281, 282 & 285 (151 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Laws, nn. ¶1–¶23 (23 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Law — 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.)