A Topic of Moral Theology
Composition
Composition, as treated in Noldin (Question Sixth. On Causes Excusing from Restitution).
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Composition · Restitution · Cessation · Cession of goods · Compensation · Composition granted by the Supreme Pontiff · Condonation by the creditor · Excuse from a law · Exemption from a law · Express or tacit remission by the creditor · Inability · Necessity · Occult compensation · Prescription · Religious · Roman Pontiff
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 Third. On the Repa…, Question Sixth. On Causes …, Article Fourth. On Composition, nn. 520, 521 & 522 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. IV, Art. IV, § 1. On Exempting Causes, nn. 241 & 242 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section A: Concerning the …, Question Four: On Causes E…, Article II: On Causes Exempting in Perpetuity, nn. 340, 341 & 342 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Act of Commutative …, On the causes that take away the obligation of restitution, nn. 23, 24, 25 & 26 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Causes Which Excuse from Making Restitution — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases I · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)