A Topic of Moral Theology
The property of clerics
Patrimonial, quasi-patrimonial and ecclesiastical goods; savings from a benefice.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
a priest's personal money (ed.)
In the index as Goods · Clerics · Patrimonial Goods · Property · Beneficed cleric · Beneficiary · Cleric · Dominion · Offerings of faithful · Parcimonial Goods · Peculium of clerics · Animals · Benefice · Beneficed persons ought to spend the surplus of revenues on pious uses · Casual goods of clerics · Counsels concerning commutation and dispensation of vows · Duties of clerics as to habit and tonsure · Ecclesiastical goods · Offerings of the faithful · Ownership · Ownership of clerics · Patrimonial goods of a cleric · Patrimonial goods of clerics · Patrimony of Clerics
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. III, Section V. Property Rights of Clerics, n. 1 — We do not propose to treat here of the capacity of religious to own property; that question will be best considered when we treat of the state of religious. Here we only inquire into the property rights of the secular cl… Read in context →
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…, First Part. On the Nature …, Ch. II, Art. I, § II, Point III. On the Dominion of Clerics, nn. 558 & 559 (5 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 I: On the Existence of Right, nn. 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179 & 180 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. II, Article III: On Clerics, nn. 379 & 380 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Article III. On The Dominion Of Secular Clerics, n. 36 — 36. Preliminary Note. Almost this whole matter pertains to canon law, and therefore the positive ecclesiastical laws enacted concerning this matter must especially be attended to. For fuller doctrine the canonists are to… Read in context →
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the subject of dominion, n. ¶5 — Point V. On the dominion of the Church and of clerics.. Since the condition of the temporal things of the Church in our Federated States is altogether peculiar and because, on account of circumstances, in many things it cannot be arranged according to the norm of the sacred C… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Four: On the Subj…, Article IV: On the Dominion of Clerics, nn. 194, 195 & 196 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the Subject of Dominion, n. 360 — Point III. On the Dominion of Clerics. The goods of clerics are distinguished into four kinds, namely: 1st. Patrimonial goods, which come from paternal inheritance or from any other profane cause, for instance from donation, succession, etc.; 2nd. Quasi-patri… Read in context →
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Subject and Object …, On the ownership of clerics, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 42–55 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, The Seventh Commandment—Ju…, Case 4. An Avaricious Priest, n. ¶6 — Solution. 1. How is the property of clerics divided and what rights have clerics therein in England ? Clerics have property rights like other people, and what they have inherited as private persons or what has been given to them p… Read in context →
The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)
Pt. II, Causa XII, Question I, cc. ¶ & 1–28 (29 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XII, Question III, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3 & 4 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XII, Question IV, cc. ¶, 1, 2 & 3 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XII, Question V, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)
Bk. III, Title XXV: On the Peculium of Clerics, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Property Rights of Clerics — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)