A Topic of Moral Theology
Fideicommissum (Trust)
Property left to one man to be handed on to another, and what binds the trustee in conscience.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
left in trust · secret trust (ed.)
In the index as Fideicommissum · Substitution · Testament · Legacy · Donation · Civil interdictions · Acceptance · Codicil · Condition · Interposition · Legitimate portion · Pious cause · The dead
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Fourth. On Contracts, Question First. On Contrac…, Article Second. On Donation, Section 2. On Last Wills Themselves, n. 558 — 558. 3. Legacy is called a disposition of last will by which a determinate thing is left to someone directly, for example, I bequeath to Titius my farm. Directly: for if something is left to be attributed to someone indi… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point V, II. On Testamentary Succession, n. 822 — V. The form of a testament is established by civil law; consult it. Whether and how far an informal testament has force in conscience is explained where discussion will be had concerning an informal contract, or a contra… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, VII. On Testament, nn. 1024 & 1033 (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 II — Chapter II: On Contracts in Particular, n. ¶3 — § IV. On Those Things Which Are Common To Donation And Testaments.. We shall speak: 1. on incapacity for giving or receiving; 2. on certain modes of giving prohibited by law; 3. on the limitation of the faculty of giving through legal reservation.Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. II, Question Four: On Principles Common to Donation and Testament, nn. 499 & 500 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Wills — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · The Casuist · Decretals of Gregory IX · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)