A Topic of Moral Theology
Prosecutors and accusers
When one is bound or free to prosecute.
The works themselves ask 7 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Accuser · Denunciation · Actor · Defendant · Judicial accusation · Accusation · Action · Corruption of officials · Criminal · Denunciation of a sinner · Denunciation of crimes · Flight of the defendant from prison · Judge · Law · Lie · Plaintiff · Prison · Prosecution · Public officials · Restitution · Witness
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. I, Ch. III, Defendants, and Witnesses, n. 1 — THERE are other persons connected with the administration of justice besides judges and lawyers, and they have special moral obligations of their own. A word must be said about the moral duties of prosecutors, defendants… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. I, Section III. On the Accuser and Denunciator, nn. ¶1, 1139 & 1140 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, VI. On Accusers, nn. 59, 60, 61, 62 & 63 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. IV, I. On Injuries By Words In…, § 2. On The Obligations And Sins Of The Accuser And The Plaintiff, n. 159 — 159. Notions. In a civil cause he who presses before the judge against another is called the actor (Kläger), but in a criminal cause the accuser (Ankläger). In the strict sense the accuser is distinguished from the denou… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fourth Part: On Distributi…, Question Four: On Public J…, Article II: On the Plaintiff, the Accused, and Witnesses, nn. ¶1, 640, 641 & 642 (36 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXVIII: On the…, Q. VIII, Doubt I: On the mode of proceeding by denunciation, nn. 1–75 (75 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation XXVIII: On the…, Q. VIII, Doubt II: On the mode of proceeding by accusation, nn. 1–32 (32 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Prosecutors, Defendants, and Witnesses — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)