A Topic of Moral Theology

Extreme, grave and common necessity

What must be given from what is necessary, from superfluity, and to ordinary need.

Also asked about as…

extreme need · someone in desperate need (ed.)

In the index as Necessity · Almsgiving · Alms · The poor · Poor persons · Superfluity · Taking · Theft · Causes · Charity · Goods · Physician · Superfluities

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Second. On the Inj…, Question Second. On the Un…, Article First. On the Natu…, Section 1. Extreme Necessity, nn. 424 & 425 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. V, Pt. III, Chapter IV. Almsgiving, nn. 3, 4, 5 & 6 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 6. The Effects of Charity, Almsgiving, nn. 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238 & 1239 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On the Precept of Charity, IV. On Alms, nn. 405, 407, 408, 409, 410 & 411 (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 Virtues, Ch. III, Art. II, § II, Point I. On Alms, n. 228 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, Second Part. On the Violat…, Ch. II, Art. II, § 1. On Necessity Excusing from Theft, nn. ¶1, 616, 617, 618 & 619 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract IX. On theological c…, Ch. III, Art. II, § 1. On almsgiving, nn. 592 & 593 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Charity, Third Part: On the Acts of…, Third Question: On the Ext…, Article I: On Corporal Almsgiving, nn. 928, 929, 930 & 931 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Ch. III, Question Three: On the Cau…, Article I: On Urgent Necessity, nn. ¶1, 410, 411 & 412 (27 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. V, Ch. III, Art. II, § II. On Works of Mercy, nn. 176 & 177, Q. 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Bk. III, Diss. III, Chapter VII — On the time at which the precept of almsgiving presses. Various questions are resolved, nn. I, II & XIII (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. I, Disputation X: On the Exte…, Sect. II, Question IV: Whether there is a precept to give superfluities to the poor in common necessities, nn. 1–46 (46 passages)

Tr. I, Disputation X: On the Exte…, Sect. II, Question V: Whether anyone is bound at some time to give alms from things necessary to his state, apart from the extreme necessity of the neighbor, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation X: On the Exte…, Sect. II, Question VI: Whether alms is owed in justice to one in extreme need, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)

Tr. I, Disputation XXVII: On Thef…, Question VI: Whether in extreme, or urgent, necessity it is lawful to take what belongs to another, nn. 1–18 (18 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Almsgiving — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Billuart, Summa Summae · Slater, Cases I · The Roman Catechism · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)