A Topic of Moral Theology
Defect of lenity
The judge who passes sentence of death; executioners.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
See also Capital Punishment — in Life and Bodily Integrity (Fifth Commandment)
In the index as Clerics · Defect of clemency · Executioners · Irregularities
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Bk. VII, Question Five. Concerning …, Article One. Concerning Ir…, Section 6. Defect of Lenity., n. 489 — 489. From Defect of Lenity these are irregular: a. a judge who has pronounced a sentence of death; b. one who has undertaken the office of executioner and their voluntary and immediate ministers in executing a capital se… Read in context →
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. XI, Chapter II. Irregularities from Defect, n. 4 — Defect of lenity may cause irregularity in two ways: (1) In the case of a judge who has passed sentence of death. (2) In those who have undertaken the office of executioners of a death sentence and their voluntary and im… Read in context →
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)
175. Defect of Lenity, nn. 1 & 2 (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. II, Treatise On Irregularities, Ch. II, Article I. On Irregularities from Defect, n. 1028 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IX, Ch. III, Art. III, § 2. On Irregularities From Defect, n. 619 — 619. 6. and 7. Defect of lenity is twofold, namely: a) in a judge who has pronounced a sentence of death. Jurors also appear to come under the name of judge. b) in those who have undertaken the office of executioner and … Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Irregularities from Defect — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Decretum of Gratian · 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.)