A Topic of Moral Theology
Witnesses
The obligation to give evidence; secrets; false witness and its restitution.
The works themselves ask 30 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
lying in court · perjury · testifying (ed.)
In the index as Witness · Witnesses · Insanity · Physician · Secret · Judge · Notary (tabellio) · Apparitors · Falsehood · Lawyer · Process · Restitution · To conceal · Accusation · Accused · Accused person detracting from a witness · Accuser · Action · Auxiliaries of litigants in judgment · Cause · Clerics · Commissary · Congregations · Corruption of officials
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Fourth. On Particular…, Question Fifth. On Witnesses, nn. 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745 & 746 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Eight. On the For…, Article Three. On Witnesses., n. 650 — 650. Who Must Assist, and How. In order that matrimony be valid, from the Tridentine decree and from the new Code at least two witnesses must assist at it. The new law requires no special quality in them. 1. All can be w… Read in context →
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. I, Ch. III, Defendants, and Witnesses, n. 3 — Charity or obedience may impose an obligation to give evidence in a court of justice. If serious harm can be prevented by offering one’s self as a witness, there will as a rule be an obligation to do so, and obedience im… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. I, Sect. IV, Scholion II. On Witnesses, nn. ¶1, 1146 & 1147 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, In Witnesses, nn. 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993 & 1994 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, In Lawyers, nn. 2006 & 2007 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, I. On Judges, n. 7 — Note: Cases to be treated are some ecclesiastical, concerning sacred things or things annexed to them; others civil, concerning profane things; others are mixed. The former are directly of the ecclesiastical forum, the l… Read in context →
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, VII. On Witnesses, nn. 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 & 70 (7 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)
94. On Witnesses and on the Accused, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (20 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. II, Treatise on Particular Sta…, Part First. On the State o…, Chapter VI. On the Obligation of Witnesses, nn. 27, 28, 29 & 30 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tract VI: On the Virtue of…, Ch. I, Article II: On the Witness and the Accused in Judgment, nn. 694, 695 & 696 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Principles and Medical Practice: The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence
Coppens, Medical Practice, Lecture VIII. The Legal Aspects of Insanity, nn. ¶1–¶32 (32 passages)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. IV, I. On Injuries By Words In…, § 3. On The Obligations And Sins Of Witnesses, nn. 160 & 161 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART FIRST: ON THE STATE O…, CHAPTER VI: ON THE OBLIGATION OF WITNESSES, nn. ¶1074, ¶1075, ¶1076 & ¶1077 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. III, Ch. II, Art. II, § 2. Concerning Auxiliaries Of Judges, nn. ¶2323, ¶1, ¶2324, ¶2, ¶2325, ¶2326, ¶2327, ¶3, ¶2328, ¶2329 & ¶2330 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. II, § B. Concerning Certain Si…, Q. V, Which Is the Cause of Harm…, Honor, and Friendship, nn. ¶5000 & ¶5001 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
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)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. I, Chapter IV. On the Obligations of Witnesses, nn. 563, 564, 564, Q. 2, 564, Q. 3, 564, Q. 4 & 564, Q. 5 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. V, Chapter IX — On the obligations of those who serve the courts, nn. IV & V (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXX: On Witnesses, n. 1 — Since the whole truth of the Judgment hangs on the words of the Witnesses, the Judge ought before all else to be most well instructed in examining these with the greatest care, whose first duty in this office is to admon… Read in context →
Tr. I, Disputation XXX: On Witnes…, Question I: Whether anyone is sometimes bound to bear witness, nn. 1–27 (27 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation XXX: On Witnes…, Question II: Who can be witnesses in a trial, nn. 1–24 (24 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation XXX: On Witnes…, Question III: On the injustice of false witnesses, nn. 1–23 (23 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation XXX: On Witnes…, Question IV: What penalties are established for false witnesses, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Laymen, Case 2. A Solitary Witness, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)
Bk. II, Title XX: On Witnesses and Attestations, cc. 1–56 (56 passages)
Bk. II, Title XXI: On Witnesses Being Compelled or Not, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Liber Sextus of Boniface VIII
Bk. II, Title X: On Witnesses and Attestations, cc. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Prosecutors, Defendants, and Witnesses — The Casuist — this work does not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so its treatment stands one heading up (ed.)