A Topic of Moral Theology
What excuses from observing a law
Grave inconvenience excuses from positive but not natural law; leaving the territory; the duty not to make observance impossible.
The works themselves ask 12 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
when you don't have to follow a law (ed.)
In the index as Law · Exempting causes · Excusing impotence · Ignorance · Impotence · Affected ignorance · Cause · Causes de-obliging from law · Impediments excusing from law · Promulgation of law · Apposition of causes · Crass ignorance · Exempting · Exemption · Fear: what it is and of how many kinds · Inconvenience excusing from law · Moral impotence · Necessity · Penalty · Traveller · Author of law · Cessation of law · Contempt · Custom
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book Third. On Laws, Question Eighth. On the Ce…, Article First. On Causes De-obliging from Law., nn. 175, 176, 177 & 178 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. III, Chapter VIII. What Excuses from Observing the Law, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. V, § IV. On Placing a Cause Exempting from Subjection, n. 136 — A cause exempting is said to be one which withdraws someone from the domain of the law, as if someone goes out from the territory of the law, or renounces the community for which the law was made. Now it is licit to plac… Read in context →
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. VII, § IV. On Causes Excusing from Obligation, nn. 168, 169 & 170 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. VII, § V. On Placing a Cause Excusing from Obligation, n. 171 — Excusing causes are distinguished into causes proximately and causes remotely impeding the observation of the law, according as the time for fulfilling the law is at hand or still remote. Furthermore: I. It is licit to p… Read in context →
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Laws, nn. 309, 310 & 311 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. I, Tr. III, Ch. IX, § 3. On An Impediment That Has Arisen, nn. ¶1, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220 & 221 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Sixth Part: On Ecclesiasti…, Third Question: On the Mut…, Article I: On Ignorance, nn. 373, 374 & 375 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Sixth Part: On Ecclesiasti…, Third Question: On the Mut…, Article II: On Inability, nn. 376, 377, 378, 379 & 380 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. III, Pt. I, Chapter VIII. On Causes Deobliging from Law, nn. 91, 92, 93, 93, Q. 2 & 93, Q. 3 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, Laws, Case 3. Not Excused from Observing the Law, nn. ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Law — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Billuart, Summa Summae · 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.)