A Topic of Moral Theology
Compensationism
The system proposed between 1850 and 1880, weighing the gravity of the doubt against the reason for acting.
In the index as The moral system of compensation is set forth · Compensation · Compensationism · Conscience · Material sin · Moral systems · Occult compensation · Opinion · Systems
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. IV, Art. 3. A Certain Conscience, Compensationism, nn. 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737 & 738 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Conscience, nn. 415, 416 & 417 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract IV. On Conscience, Ch. VI, Art. II, § 4. On The System Of Compensation Or Of Sufficient Cause, nn. 351 & 352 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Second Part: On the Virtue…, Ch. II, Question Two: On the Speci…, Article III: On Opinative or Probable Conscience, n. 99 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Questions of Moral Theology
Slater, Questions, DR. McDONALD’S “PRINCIPLES OF MORAL SCIENCE”, nn. ¶706, ¶707, ¶708, ¶709, ¶710, ¶711, ¶712, ¶713, ¶714, ¶715, ¶716, ¶717 & ¶718 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The moral systems — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910) · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)