A Topic of Moral Theology
Dreams and casting lots
When attention to dreams and drawing lots are lawful.
The works themselves ask 13 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
drawing lots · flipping a coin · interpreting dreams (ed.)
In the index as Divination · Cicero · Divining-rod · Dream · Dreams · Lots · Sortilege
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. I, Ch. IV, Section III. Divination, nn. 3 & 4 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Sect. C, Ch. I, Question Three: On Divination, nn. 782 & 783 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, Volume III: On the Decalogue
Diss. II, Chapter VI — On divination by dreams, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII & VIII (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Diss. II, Chapter VIII — On divination that is carried out by the use of lots, nn. I–XV (15 passages)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation IX: On Superst…, Question IV: On divination from dreams, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation IX: On Superst…, Question V: On sorcery by lots, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Divination — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, On Forbidden Books · Koch–Preuss · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases I · Decretum of Gratian · Decretals of Gregory IX — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)