A Topic of Moral Theology
What the good-faith possessor must restore
The thing itself, its remaining fruits; the property that perished; expenses
The works themselves ask 8 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Fruits · Restitution · Possessor · Possessor of another's thing · Faith · Good faith required in prescription · Sale · Accession · Another's thing · Buying-Selling · Deposit · Eviction · Expenses · Fruiting of a Thing · Industrial fruits · Market overt · Possession · Possessor Of Bad Faith · Seller · Stolen Things · Stolen goods · Thieves · Unjust damaging · Voluptuary expenses
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. III, Ch. II, Section I. Possession of Another's Property in Good Faith, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 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, Ch. I, Art. I, § I. On the Possessor of Good Faith, nn. 636 & 643 (9 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. 499, 500, 501, 502, 503 & 504 (6 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 Two: Concerning t…, Article II: On Detention of a Thing Received, nn. ¶1, 298, 299, 300 & 301 (42 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. III, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On the Possessor of Good Faith, nn. 418, 418, Q. 2, 418, Q. 3, 418, Q. 4 & 418, Q. 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. II, Chapter I — The notion of restitution, and the principles from which it proceeds. Tardy debtors and their confessors are admonished, n. XX — XX. QUESTION XIII. What fruits is a possessor of good faith bound to restore? ANSWER. He is bound to restore all natural fruits, if they subsist, expenses being deducted; if they have been consumed, that in which he has … Read in context →
Diss. II, Chapter II — On those who either hinder others from obtaining some good, or cooperate in the loss of others, n. XXXIX — XXXIX. If a possessor of good faith send a thing found by an honest man to its lord, and it perish, he is not liable to a new restitution. Since he is held neither from unjust acceptance nor from the thing received. But … Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Possession of Another's Property in Good Faith — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Billuart, Summa Summae — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)