A Topic of Moral Theology
Cooperation in Reading Matter
Publishers, editors, printers and sellers of evil literature, and when their cooperation is formal.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Cooperation · Book, prohibited books · Censorship of books · All religious · Cooperation in Sin · Cooperation in injustice · Idolatrous statues · Layman · Participant · Religious superior · Sacred Scripture · Writings
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part First. On the Precept…, Book Third. On the Precept…, Question Third. On Charity…, Article Sixth. On Sins Aga…, § 4. On Cooperation, nn. 116, 117, 118, 119, 120 & 121 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 9. The Sins Against B…, Cooperation in Reading Matter, nn. 1529 & 1530 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Faith, Fourth Part: On the Vices …, Question Two: On Sins Indi…, Article III: On the Reading and Dissemination of Prohibited Writings, nn. 778 & 779 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. V, Ch. III, Art. II, § III. On the Vices Opposed to Charity toward Neighbor, n. 197, Q. 3 — Question 3. Is it sometimes licit to cooperate in publishing bad books? Response. It is licit for a grave cause to cooperate mediately or remotely, for example, to prepare ink or paper or arrange printed books. But to co… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Applications: Cases of Cooperation — Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · 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.)