A Topic of Moral Theology
Duelling
The sin and penalties of duelling.
The works themselves ask 15 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Penalty Duelling (Can. 2351) — in Excommunications Simply Reserved to the Holy See
Also asked about as…
fighting · fistfight (ed.)
In the index as Duel · Duelling · Fighting · Divorce · Suicide · Books · Clerics · Homicide · Masonic sect · Ordeals · Restitution · War · Academic duels · Anger · Burial · Canonical penalties · Censures · Civil marriage · Cloister · Coalescence of thefts · Condonation of restitution by one lethally wounded · Contumacy · Cult of the Saints · Defense
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. V, Chapter V. Duelling, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, C.—Excommunications Simply Reserved to the Holy See, n. 26 — Duellum.—A single combat with deadly weapons undertaken. by agreement. Those who actually fight or challenge, or accept a duel, or afford any assistance or favour to those who do, incur this censure. Spectators of set pu… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. V, Sect. III, Scholion I. On Dueling, nn. ¶1, 747, 748, 749 & 750 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. II, Ch. III, Article II. On Goods of the Body, n. 1037 — III. Temporal damages are distinguished into damages inflicted on the injured person himself and damages inflicted on third parties. 1. Damages inflicted on the injured person himself consist in the expenses of treatment… Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. I, Section III. Excommunications Simply Reserved to the Roman Pontiff, n. 896 — This excommunication is contracted by: I. Those making gain from indulgences (canon 2327). By force of this canon, those are excommunicated who, after receiving a price, gain profit either by granting, publishing, or cau… Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 2. The Sins Against F…, Dangerous Reading, n. 855 — The mere presence, however, of condemned matter in a writing does not cause it to fall under prohibition. (a) Some works are not forbidden unless the author’s purpose to teach error or attack the truth is known. Hence, b… Read in context →
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 8. The Sins Against Peace, Fighting, nn. 1428, 1429, 1430, 1431, 1432, 1433 & 1434 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 8. The Sins Against Peace, Duelling, nn. 1435, 1436, 1437, 1438 & 1439 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the Fifth Precept of th…, VI. On Duel, nn. 746, 747, 748, 749 & 750 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, On the Fifth Precept of th…, VII. On War, n. 756 — You will resolve: In a just war it is lawful to fight in open warfare, and to use ambushes and stratagems. These are not reputed lies, because the adversaries are deceived by their own fault, since those means are custom… Read in context →
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XXIV. On Restitution from Unjust Damaging, n. 1375 — Whether he is bound to anything who kills another in a duel? - Resp. Negatively, more probably, whether he was the challenger or the challenged. For the one himself who was killed, by consenting to the duel, placed by hi… Read in context →
Vol. IV, On Censures, V. On Ecclesiastical Burial, n. 1157 — What is to be said about suicides and duellists? As regards suicides, the Holy Office, May 16, 1866, has these things: "When it is certainly established either concerning anger or despair, ecclesiastical burial must be d… Read in context →
Vol. IV, On the Constitution *Apostolicae Sedis*, n. 1185 — III. Those perpetrating a duel, or simply provoking to it, or accepting it, and any accomplices furnishing any work or favor whatsoever; and also those deliberately watching it, and those permitting it, or, insofar as it… Read in context →
Vol. IV, On the Constitution *Officiorum ac munerum*, n. 1308 — What about other books of special subject matter? "Books are condemned in which God, or the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Saints, or the Catholic Church and her worship, or the sacraments, or the Apostolic See, are dispara… Read in context →
Vol. IV, On Irregularity, n. 1347 — From defect of good reputation all infamous persons are irregular, chap. Infames 17, causa 6, q. 1, whether the infamy is of fact or of law. Infamy of fact is had in two ways. It is had first through the confession of th… Read in context →
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)
61. On the Duel and War, nn. 1 & 2 (11 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 the Precepts o…, On the Fifth Precept of th…, Chapter III. On Duel, nn. ¶1, ¶2, 404, 405 & 406 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
On the Prohibition and Censorship of Books (De prohibitione et censura librorum)
Tit. I, Ch. V, Art. 14, I. On Books Which Patroniz…, Suicide, Divorce, n. 81 — What duel is? Which things are touched here 81. 1. Duel, namely undertaken on private authority; since it is established that other combats can be justified. Moreover, a duel is a dangerous combat of two persons (or of a… Read in context →
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. IV, Section 8: Duties with Regard to the Bodily Life of Others, nn. ¶32, ¶33, ¶34, ¶35, ¶37 & ¶38 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. II, Art. I, § 2. Injuries Against the Body or Temporal Life of Neighbor, nn. 613, 614, 615, 616 & 617 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. III, § 2, 3. On Dueling, nn. 124, 125, 126, 127 & 128 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. V, CHAPTER III: On Duel and War, n. ¶1 — St. Alphonsus, I, 400; ed. G., I, p. 656; H. Ap., VIII, 27; Noldin, II, n. 347; Tanquerey, II, n. 145; Stimmen aus Maria-Laach, 1894, p. 345; Nouv. Rev. Theol., 22, p. 589; Linz. Quart. Schr., 49, p. 556; Berardi, Theol.… Read in context →
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. V, Ch. III, ARTICLE I: On Duel, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶746, ¶747 & ¶748 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, CHAPTER III: ON THE DUEL, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶477 & ¶478 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Ch. I, Question Four: On Dueling, nn. 365, 366, 367 & 368 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Fifth Precept of th…, Chapter III. On Dueling, nn. ¶1, 274, 275 & 276 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Philosophy: Ethics, Deontology and Natural Law
Pt. III, Ch. II, Section IV. Of Duelling, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Censures, Case 4. Countenancing a Duel, nn. ¶1–¶16 (16 passages)
The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)
Bk. V, Title XIV: On Clerics Fighting in a Duel, cc. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Charity, On the Vices Opposed to Ch…, On the duel, nn. 1–77 (77 passages)
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Fifth. On the Fifth P…, Question Sixth. On the Duel, nn. 347, 348, 349 & 350 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XVII: On Quarr…, Question I: What quarreling is, and what kind of sin, nn. 1–19 (19 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation XXVI: On Homic…, Question VII: Whether, and how, the duel is unlawful, nn. 1–33 (33 passages)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter II: On Injury, or the Violation of Right, nn. 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343 & 344 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Life and Bodily Integrity (Fifth Commandment) — Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · The Roman Catechism · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · 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.)