A Topic of Moral Theology

What excuses from restitution

Condonation, impossibility, moral incapacity; delay.

Also asked about as…

can't afford to pay back · unable to make restitution (ed.)

In the index as Restitution · Cession of goods · Condonation · Bankruptcy · Impotence · Against the Will · Bankrupt and debts · Composition · Condonation as a cause excusing from restitution · Contracted debts · Creditors · Damage · Damager · Debtors · Debts · Discharge of bankrupt · Dispensation · Domestics · Doubt · Excusing causes · Ignorance · Inability · Injury to life and health of others · Injustice

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Third. On the Repa…, Question Sixth. On Causes …, Article First. On Condonation, n. 515 — 515. What condonation is and when it excuses. That condonation frees from restitution to be made either at once or simply is manifest: for the creditor can renounce his right. 1. Not only express and tacit condonation, b… Read in context →

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. III, Chapter VI. Causes Which Excuse from Making Restitution, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XXXIII. On Causes Excusing from Restitution, nn. 1459, 1460, 1461, 1462, 1463, 1464, 1465, 1466, 1467, 1468, 1469 & 1470 (12 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 Justice and Ri…, Third Part. On Restitution, Sect. I, Chapter IV. On the Causes Excusing from Restitution, n. 722 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter III: On Restitution, nn. 600, 601, 602, 603 & 604 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Sect. 10, A. Restitution in General, Article 4: Causes Which Excuse From Restitution, nn. ¶1–¶25 (25 passages)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. IV, Art. IV, § 2. On Causes Excusing for a Time, nn. 243, 244, 245, 246 & 247 (5 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 A: Concerning the …, Question Four: On Causes E…, Article I: On Causes Excusing for a Time, nn. 336, 337, 338 & 339 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. III, Sect. I, Chapter IV. On Causes Excusing from Restitution, nn. 461 & 463, Q. 5 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. II, Chapter IV — What are the causes on account of which restitution may be omitted or deferred, n. I — I. Impotence, which excuses from restitution, is twofold. The one physical, of which no one doubts; the other moral, which brings a most grave, or grave, difficulty. Beforehand, nevertheless, I would have you observe tha… Read in context →

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Question VII: When restitution is to be made, and the causes excusing from it, nn. 1–27 (27 passages)

Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. VII, Subquestion IV: On two further causes excusing from restitution on the part of the debtor, n. 1 — TWO further causes still remain to be examined; the Prior is entrance into Religion; the Other is Cession of goods; in the former one voluntarily loses Dominion over himself; in the latter Dominion over his goods; concer… Read in context →

Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. VII, Subquestion IV: On two fur…, Doubt I: Whether entrance into religion excuses from restitution, nn. 1–21 (21 passages)

Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. VII, Subquestion IV: On two fur…, Doubt III: On the causes excusing from restitution on the part of the creditor, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. VII, Subquestion IV: On two fur…, Doubt IV: On the causes excusing from restitution on the part of the thing itself, n. 1 — One cause is judged, namely the destruction of the thing without the fault and delay of the debtor, because he had it in his keeping, and was bound to restore the same in specie. Then the thing perished for the Lord hims… Read in context →

Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. VII, Subquestion IV: On two fur…, Doubt V: On the causes excusing from restitution on the part of the public authority, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Slater, Cases I, Restitution, Case 6. Excused from Making Restitution, nn. ¶8 & ¶9 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Causes Which Excuse from Making Restitution — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)