A Topic of Moral Theology

The conditions of prescription

Good faith, just title, continuous possession, the time; how it is lost.

In the index as Prescription (Praescriptio) · Possession (Possessio) · Goods · Time (Tempus) · Good Faith (Bona fides) · Title (Titulus) · Faith · Restitution · Colorable title · Civil laws concerning paternal power · Prescription, acquisitive, liberative · Thing · Things · A minor · Bad faith · Cessation · Colored title · Condition · Contracted debts · Eviction · Immovable Goods · Interruption of acts · Liberative · Limitation Acts

In the manuals

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 Third. On Restitu…, Article First. Required Conditions, n. 454 — 454. In order that a damaging action induce the obligation of restitution, this threefold condition is required: a. that the action be truly unjust; b. that it be an efficacious cause of the damage; c. that it be theolog… Read in context →

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. IV, Section III. Prescription, nn. 2 & 3 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

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)

69. On Prescription, nn. 5 & 6 (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 Justice and Ri…, First Part. On the Nature …, Ch. II, Art. I, § III, Point III. On Prescription, nn. 580, 585, 586, 587 & 589 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. V, Art. IV, § 2. What Positive Laws Establish, nn. 401 & 402 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Art. IV, § 2. On The Conditions Required For Legitimate Prescription, nn. ¶18, 59, 60, 61, 62 & 63 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Art. IV, § 3. Statutes Concerning Prescription According To Certain Modern Laws, n. 67 — 67. 1. The civil codes of Italy and Spain treat the matter concerning prescription very broadly, so that it is impossible to embrace the whole matter in a few words. Therefore authors who discuss this matter expressly mu… 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, § III. On the acquisition of dominion, nn. ¶660, ¶7, ¶661, ¶8, ¶662, ¶663, ¶9, ¶664, ¶10, ¶665, ¶666, ¶667, ¶668, ¶11, ¶669 & ¶670 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Five: On the Acqu…, Article IV: On Prescription, nn. 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231 & 232 (74 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § III. On the Acquisition of Dominion, nn. 383, 386, 389, 391 & 392 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. I, Chapter V — On the dominion of things found, and of those things which accrue by force of alluvion or in another manner; and on prescription, nn. XI & XII (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Prescription — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Billuart, Summa Summae · Slater, Cases I · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · Decretals of Gregory IX · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)