A Topic of Moral Theology

Occult compensation and its conditions

Taking secretly what is certainly owed: the four conditions.

Also asked about as…

secretly taking what you're owed · underpaid so i took it myself (ed.)

In the index as Occult compensation · Compensation · Servants · Causes · Merchants · Reputation · Taking · The promise of God · Theft

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Second. On the Inj…, Question Second. On the Un…, Article First. On the Natu…, Section 2. Hidden Compensation, nn. 426, 427 & 428 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. III, Chapter VII. Occult Compensation, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Occult Compensation, nn. 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 & 1936 (7 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 Justice and Ri…, Second Part. On the Violat…, Ch. II, Art. II, § II. On Hidden Compensation, nn. 621, 623 & 624 (9 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 II: On Injury, or the Violation of Right, nn. 454, 455, 456, 457 & 458 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. II, Art. III, § 2. On Occult Compensation, nn. ¶26, 88, 89 & 90 (4 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 B: On Justice and …, Ch. III, Question Three: On the Cau…, Article II: On Hidden Compensation, nn. ¶1, 413, 414, 415 & 416 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. I, Chapter II — The lax opinions of several Casuists, nn. XVIII & XX (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. I, Disputation XXVII: On Thef…, Question X: Whether it is lawful, by private authority, to recover what is ours, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Occult Compensation — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Koch–Preuss · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)