A Topic of Moral Theology

Divine Positive Law

Law revealed by God beyond the natural law, in the Old and New Covenants.

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god's revealed law (ed.)

In the index as Law · DIVINE law · Positive · Eternal · Promulgation · Positive divine law (Lex Divina Positiva) · Acta Apostolicae Sedis · Bulls pertain to ecclesiastical law · Christian law · Commandments · DISPENSATION OF LAW · Decalogue · Eternal divine law: what it is, what it comprises · Evangelical counsels · Grace granted and to be granted · Mosaic law · Natural divine law · Old Law · Pope · Precepts (Praecepta) · Promulgation of law · The Old Testament · The Roman Pontiff

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book Third. On Laws, Second Question. On Divine…, Second Article. On Positive Divine Law, nn. 118, 119, 120, 121 & 122 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. III, Ch. X, Section II. Positive Divine Law, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. II, Section I. On Eternal Law, nn. 79, 80 & 81 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. II, Section III. On Positive Law, nn. 89, 90, 91 & 92 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 3. The Positive Divine Law, Meaning, nn. 328, 329 & 330 (3 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…, Ch. I, Article II. On Divine Positive Law, n. 124 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Laws, nn. 212 & 234 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. I, Tr. III, Chapter I: On Divine Law, n. ¶1 — Usefulness. - It is an office of religion that we know and esteem the divine law according to its worth. Nor without divine law can we acquire knowledge of human law, of which, in moral and canonical matters, there are p… Read in context →

Vol. I, Tr. III, Ch. I, Article III: On Positive Divine Law, nn. 244 & 245 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Dissertation I: On Divine Law, n. ¶113 — 113. Divine law is twofold, namely natural and positive. Now natural law is usually considered under a twofold aspect: 1. insofar as it is eternal, existing in the mind of God; 2. insofar as it is promulgated in time, an… Read in context →

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. I, Chapter II: On Positive Divine Law, nn. ¶1, ¶130, ¶2, ¶131, ¶3, ¶132, ¶133, ¶134 & ¶135 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. II, Article III. On Positive Divine Law, nn. 159, 160, 161, 162, 163 & 164 (6 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. I, ARTICLE II: ON POSITIVE DIVINE LAW, n. ¶168 — 168. - Positive divine law is twofold, namely old and new. I. The old law, or law of the Old Testament, contained precepts of a threefold kind. 1° Moral precepts, which regarded moral rectitude, and established that whic… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Fifth Part: On Divine Law, nn. ¶1, 300 & 301 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. III, Pt. II, Chapter II. On Positive Divine Law, n. 109 — Positive divine law is twofold, namely old and new, and concerning each let it suffice to observe these few things. I. The old law, or the law of the Old Testament, contained precepts of a threefold kind, namely: 1st, mo… Read in context →

A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy

Chapter IV: International Law, nn. 255, 256, ¶540, 257, ¶542, ¶543, 258, 259, ¶546, ¶547, 260, ¶549, ¶550, ¶551, 261, ¶553, ¶554, ¶555, ¶556, ¶557, ¶558, ¶559 & 262 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Law — Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Koch–Preuss · Billuart, Summa Summae · Slater, Cases I · 1917 Code of Canon Law · Decretum of Gratian — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)