A Topic of Moral Theology
How dispensations are interpreted, used and cease
Strict interpretation; territorial dispensations; recall and lapse
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Dispensation · Crusade Bull · Error · Extension of law · Fear · Interpretation · Obreption · Revocation · Subreption
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. III, Ch. IX, Section III. Dispensations, nn. 4, 5 & 6 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Laws, VII. On Dispensation, n. 248 — When does dispensation cease? - Dispensation ceases: 1. By revocation; for by it the bond of law is restored. Wherefore a revocation made by the legislator, even without cause, is valid. Made by a delegate, even from a j… Read in context →
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 III: On Dispensation, nn. 389 & 390 (22 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Dispensations — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)