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A Topic of Moral Theology

Fraud in Contracts

Deliberate deception in a bargain, and the rescission and restitution it grounds.

The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.

In the index as Contract · Fraud · Annulment · Null contract · Bankruptcy · Defalcation · Deliberation · Error · Forging documents · Ignorance · Inadvertence · Restitution · Thomas Aquinas, St. · Usury · “Salted” gold mine

In the manuals

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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Fraud in Contracts, nn. 2121 & 2122 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss — 5 passages

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 9: Sins Against the Property of Others, nn. ¶39, ¶40, ¶41, ¶42 & ¶43 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 25 passages

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. I, Question Two: On Consent Required for Contract, nn. 458, 459 & 460 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Gaudentius Bontempi of Brescia, O.F.M. Cap. — 7 passages

Tr. II, Disputation V: On Buying a…, Question XII: On the rescission of a sale and purchase on account of fraud, etc., nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology

Various; ed. S. Woywod, O.F.M., and J. A. McHugh, O.P. — 3 passages

Vol. IV, Case XXXIII: A “Salted” Gold Mine, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Questions of Moral Theology

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 34 passages

Slater, Questions, Secret Commissions in Trade, nn. ¶261, ¶262, ¶263, ¶264, ¶265, ¶266, ¶267 & ¶270–¶296 (34 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Contracts — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of 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 · Slater, Cases I · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · Coppens, Moral Philosophy and 1 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)