Imprisonment

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 2 passages

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. V, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, Etc, Scholion. On Mutilation, Imprisonment, and Beating of an Innocent Person, n. 740 — What mutilation is, and what direct and indirect mutilation are, has been set forth in the treatise on charity (n. 526). Now proceed: I. Direct mutilation of an innocent person, with the required consent posited, is lawf… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. V, Sect. II, Scholion. On Mutilation and Beating of a Criminal, n. 742 — I. Public authority, just as it can kill a criminal, so a fortiori can mutilate, imprison, and beat him. But it is another question whether public authority lawfully imposes certain mutilations, namely vasectomy, oophore… Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P.

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, In Defendants, n. 1982 — Rights and Duties of an Accused Who Has Been Found Guilty. Rights and Duties of an Accused Who Has Been Found Guilty.—(a) Appeals.—It is lawful to appeal from a sentence that is unjust (whether because of the innocence of the accused, or of the illegality of the process), becaus… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 3 passages

Vol. I, On the Precept of Charity, V. On Fraternal Correction, n. 417 — When does the aforesaid precept oblige? - This precept obliges when these circumstances concur: 1. If the sin of neighbor is certainly established for you; but only a superior is bound to investigate. Prov. 24:15. 2. If … Read in context →

Vol. I, On the Fifth Precept of th…, II. On the Killing of the Guilty, n. 725 — Is it lawful at least, by private authority, to beat or imprison someone? - It is lawful for no one to beat someone not subject to his power, unless there be added at least the tacit consent of him who has power, for exa… Read in context →

Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, I. On Judges, n. 10 — What concerning special inquisition? - "For a judge to make a special inquisition, there must, at least regularly, precede infamy, or something equivalent, which gives a just cause. The reason is both because otherwise h… Read in context →

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Gaudentius Bontempi of Brescia, O.F.M. Cap. — 3 passages

Tr. I, Disputation XXVI: On Homic…, Question XVI: Whether it is lawful to imprison or beat another, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)