A Topic of Moral Theology
How a contract is discharged
Mutual agreement, performance, breach, death, bankruptcy.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
getting out of a contract (ed.)
In the index as Cession of goods · Contract · Breach of contract · Mortgage creditors · Payment of debts · Rescission
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VII, Pt. I, Chapter VI. Discharge of Contract, nn. ¶1, 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part II — Chapter I: On Contracts in General, nn. 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673 & 674 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. I, Question Five: On the Effect or Obligation of Contract, n. 476 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. II, Disputation I: On Contract…, Question VIII: Whether, and when, it is lawful to withdraw from a contract, the other party objecting, nn. 1–19 (19 passages)
The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. IV, Case LXXVIII: Breach of Contract, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Contracts — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases I · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy and 2 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)