A Topic of Moral Theology
Custom
Custom as a source and interpreter of law: how usage acquires legal force, and when custom abrogates a law.
The works themselves ask 13 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Also asked about as…
customs in canon law · customs with the force of law (ed.)
In the index as Custom · Customs in Canon Law · Law (Lex) · Time (Tempus) · Consent (Consensus) · Prescription · Desuetude · Revocation · Abrogation (Abrogatio) · Abrogation of law · Consent of the will · Legal · Promulgation of law · Style · Cessation (Cessatio) · Cessation from divine services · Cessation of law · Connivance of the legislator · Council of Trent (Tridentinum Concilium) · Derogation · Doubt · Immemorial · Interruption · Laws
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book Third. On Laws, Question Tenth. On Custom., Article First. On Derogatory Custom., nn. 202 & 203 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. III, Chapter IX. The Cessation of Law, n. 1 — A LAW may cease to bind in various ways. It may be abrogated or altogether withdrawn by the legislator, or his successor, or his superior. For he who made the law can unmake it. Derogation is the annulling of some portio… Read in context →
Vol. I, Bk. III, Ch. IX, Section I. Custom, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. II, Article IV. On Habit, nn. 44, 45, 46 & 47 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. IX, § I. On Custom, nn. 191, 192, 193, 194 & 195 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 4. Human Law, The Law of Custom, nn. 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399 & 400 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 5. Ecclesiastical Law, Custom, nn. 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512 & 513 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Laws, II. On the Author of Law, nn. 188, 189, 190 & 191 (4 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 Laws, Part Two. On the Principal…, Chapter IV. On Unwritten Law, or Custom, nn. 137, 138, 139 & 140 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
On the Prohibition and Censorship of Books (De prohibitione et censura librorum)
Chapter IV: Abrogation of the Earlier Law, n. 21 — Whether customs have been suppressed 21. IV. What of custom, I mean of a particular custom of places which has been contrary to this law? 1. No clause of the law abrogates particular customs of places, if they have been … Read in context →
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. III, Art. VIII, § 5. On the cessation of law through custom, nn. ¶45, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282 & 283 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. VI, Article III: On Custom, nn. ¶1 & ¶261 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. VI, Art. III, § 1. On the Conditions of Legitimate Custom, nn. ¶262, ¶263, ¶264 & ¶265 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. VI, Art. III, § 2. On the Prohibition and Abrogation of Custom, nn. ¶1, ¶266, ¶267 & ¶268 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON LAWS, PART SECOND: ON THE PRINCI…, Ch. IV, OR ON CUSTOM, nn. ¶183, ¶184, ¶185, ¶186, ¶187, ¶188 & ¶189 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Sixth Part: On Ecclesiasti…, Third Question: On the Mut…, Article VII: On Custom, nn. ¶1, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408 & 409 (32 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. III, Pt. II, Chapter VII. On Unwritten Law, or on Custom, nn. 118, 119 & 119, Q. 2 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On the Change of Laws, On custom, nn. 1–22 (22 passages)
The 1917 Code of Canon Law
Title II: Of Custom, cann. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 & 30 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)
Pt. I, Distinction XI, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. I, Distinction XII, cc. ¶ & 1–14 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)
Bk. I, Title IV: On Custom, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Liber Sextus of Boniface VIII
Bk. I, Title IV: On Custom, cc. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Laws, n. 190 — Legitimately Constituted Custom. "... Therefore we have judged it good by the present Constitution, in order that abuses may be met, to declare what and of what sort a legitimate custom according to the canons ought to be, by which episcopal and ecclesi… Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Laws, n. ¶23 — N. 137. - What Is to Be Held as a Legitimately Constituted Custom?. "... Therefore we have judged it good by the present Constitution, in order that abuses may be met, to declare what and of what sort a legitimate custom according to the canons ought to be, by which episcopal and ecclesi… Read in context →
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Laws, nn. 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327 & 328 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Ecclesiastical Law — Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)