A Topic of Moral Theology
Condonation
The remission of the debt by the man to whom it is owed: when it may be presumed, and when it must be asked.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
forgiving a debt · the owner lets it go (ed.)
In the index as Condonation · Compensation · Confusion · Remission · Restitution · Acceptilation · Cessation · Cession of goods · Composition · Condonation by the creditor · Contract · Novation · Payment · Prescription · Religious · Rescission · 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 First. On Condonation, n. 515 — 515. What condonation is and when it excuses. That condonation frees from restitution to be made either at once or simply is manifest: for the creditor can renounce his right. 1. Not only express and tacit condonation, b… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. VII, § I. Causes Extinguishing the Obligation, n. 1017 — I. Remission or condonation made by the creditor, provided, of course, those things required for valid condonation are present (St. Alphonsus, III, 700, 1°). Presumed remission for the future suffices, that is, that the … Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, IV. On the Modes of Acquiring Ownership by Private Will, n. 966 — How does the obligation of contracts cease? - The obligation of contracts ceases: 1. Through payment, or through the furnishing of any thing owed, or also through the execution of the object promised or otherwise owed. C… 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…, Third Part. On Restitution, Sect. I, Chapter IV. On the Causes Excusing from Restitution, n. 716 — 716. - II. The following excuse in perpetuity: 1. remission, or condonation of the debt on the part of the creditor; but it is required that the creditor be able to condone, and that he have dominion and administration o… Read in context →
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter III: On Restitution, n. 600 — 600. 1. Principles. (A) Physical or absolute impossibility, - which consists in this, that the debtor has nothing from which he may restore without reducing himself to extreme necessity, - certainly excuses from restitut… Read in context →
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. 14, 15, 16 & 17 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. VII, Subquestion IV: On two fur…, Doubt III: On the causes excusing from restitution on the part of the creditor, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Causes Extinguishing or Suspending the Obligation of Restitution — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)