A Topic of Moral Theology

The divisions of law

Divine and human; natural and positive; ecclesiastical and civil.

Within this topic

In the index as Law · Laws · Canon law · Obligation · Affirmative law, negative law · Author of law · Code of Canon Law · Extravagants of John XXII · Precepts · A precept · Clementine decretals · Corpus of Canon Law · Decree of Gratian · Decretals · Different regimes · Fiction, insofar as it seems to found law · Human act · Invalidating Law · Law, human, its nature and divisions · Liturgy · Medicinal penalties · Natural · Negative · Penalty

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book Third. On Laws, First Question. On The Nature Of Law, nn. 106, 107, 108, 109 & 110 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. III, Chapter I. The Nature of Law, n. 3 — Laws are divine or human. Divine law is either natural or positive. The natural law is promulgated in the rational nature of man, and is a participation in human reason of the eternal law of God, which bids us observe ri… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Article II. On the Nature of Laws in Species, nn. 77 & 78 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 1. Law in General, Division, nn. 286 & 287 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 2. The Natural Law, Division, nn. 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303 & 304 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 3. The Positive Divin…, Division, n. 331 — Division. Division.—There are four historical states of man with reference to his Last End, and to each of these correspond positive divine laws. (a) The state of Original Innocence is that which existed in Paradise before the Fal… Read in context →

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 4. Human Law, Definition, n. 370 — Definition. (Summa Theologica, I-II, qq. 95-97.) Definition.—Since human perversity often needs a check in regulations that are not expressly contained in the Natural or in the Divine Law, other laws must be made by society, drawn f… Read in context →

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 4. Human Law, Division, n. 371 — Division of Human Laws.-Human laws are variously divided. (a) According to the difference of legislators, laws are either ecclesiastical or civil. b) According to their mode of derivation from the Natural Law, laws belon… Read in context →

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 4. Human Law, Qualities, nn. 372, 373 & 374 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. I, Tr. III, Chapter IV: The Divisions of Laws, nn. 177, 178, 179, 180 & 181 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Tr. III, Title II: On Diverse Laws, n. ¶1 — First one must write of divine law, then of human law.Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Chapter I. On the Notion and Divisions of Law, nn. 142, 143, 144, 145, 146 & 147 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Section A: On Law Accordin…, First Part: On Law in Gene…, Second Question: On the Distinction of Laws, nn. ¶1 & 230 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Section B: On the Laws Whi…, Fourth Part: On Human and …, First Question: On Human L…, Article V: On the Division of Human Law, nn. ¶1, 277 & 278 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Sixth Part: On Ecclesiasti…, First Question: On Ecclesi…, Article IV: On the Division of Ecclesiastical Law, nn. 336, 337, 338 & 339 (36 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. III, Pt. I, Chapter I. On the Nature and Properties of Law, n. 73 — Law is distinguished in many ways; for it is: 1st. Divine or human, according as it has God or man as its immediate author. 2nd. Natural or positive, according as it is intimated by rational nature itself, or by a positi… Read in context →

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On Human Law, On the quiddity, necessity, qualities, and divisions of human law, nn. 1–83 (83 passages)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Slater, Cases I, Laws, Case 4. Non-catholics and the Law of the Church, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Philosophy: Ethics, Deontology and Natural Law

Pt. II, Chapter VII. Of the Eternal Law, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)

Pt. III, The Commandments in General, nn. ¶24, ¶25, ¶26, ¶27, ¶28, ¶29, ¶30, ¶31, ¶32 & ¶33 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. IV, Article II: To Whom the Obligation of Law Extends, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4 & ¶193 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 1. On Children and Others Lacking the Use of Reason, nn. ¶194, ¶195 & ¶196 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 2. On Unbelievers and Heretics, nn. ¶197 & ¶198 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 3. On Regulars and Clerics, nn. ¶1, ¶199, ¶200, ¶201 & ¶202 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 4, Travelers, and Wanderers, nn. ¶1, ¶203, ¶204, ¶205, ¶206, ¶207 & ¶208 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 5. On the Legislator, n. ¶209 — 209. There is a twofold genus of legislators. For some, as the Pope, a bishop, a monarch properly so called, enjoy absolute authority. Others, as senators, deputies, and the king himself in representative government, mak… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On Laws, V. On Invalidating and Penal Law, nn. 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230 & 231 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Appendix, On Observance of Law, nn. ¶1–¶17 (17 passages)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. I, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Ch. II, Divine and Human, Section 9: The Subjects of Human Law, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9 & ¶10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

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)

18. On Invalidating and Penal Law, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON LAWS, FIRST PART: ON LAWS IN GEN…, Ch. III, ARTICLE II: ON THE SUBJECT OF LAW, nn. ¶109, ¶110, ¶111, ¶112, ¶113, ¶114, ¶115, ¶116 & ¶117 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Laws, n. 180 (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. I, Treatise On Laws, Part One. On Laws in General, Ch. III, Article II. On the Subject of Law, nn. 91, 92, 93, 94 & 95 (32 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Treatise On Laws, Part Two. On the Principal…, Ch. III, Article II. On Invalidating Law, nn. 135 & 136 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Laws, nn. 210, 211, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 262, 263, 264, 265, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282 & 345 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Law — Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · 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.)