In Accusers

The accuser and the denouncer in criminal causes, and what truth and charity require of each.

The works themselves ask 15 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

accusation · complaint (ed.)

In the index as Accuser (Accusator) · Defendant (Reus) · Accusation · Denunciation · Denunciation in general (Denunciatio in genere) · Actor · Crime · Complaint · Judge · Judicial accusation · Plaintiff (Actor) · Accomplice in confession not to be manifested · Accused person · Action · CONFESSOR · Guardians of fields and forests · Heretics are held per se to the laws of the Church · Inquisition · Interrogation · Law · Malefactor · Monitorium of a Superior obliges to denunciation of a crime · Penalty · Process

In the manuals

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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R.

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. I, Section III. On the Accuser and Denunciator, n. 1139 — I. Judicial Accusation. 1. Judicial accusation is the denunciation of someone's crime to a competent judge, for the sake of public vindication, with the burden of proving the crime. It is said: a) The denunciation of a c… Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. — 11 passages

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, In Accusers, nn. 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 & 1974 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 6 passages

Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, I. On Judges, n. 8 — How must right process be instituted? - In a civil case the process must be instituted at the petition of the plaintiff. Plaintiff is so called from action. Action is the right of pursuing in judgment what is owed to one… Read in context →

Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, VI. On Accusers, nn. 59, 60, 61, 62 & 63 (5 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.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 18 passages

Vol. II, Treatise on Particular Sta…, Part First. On the State o…, Chapter V. On the Obligations of the Accuser and of the Accused, nn. 24, 25 & 26 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Anthony Konings, C.SS.R. — 4 passages

Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART FIRST: ON THE STATE O…, CHAPTER V: ON THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACCUSER AND THE ACCUSED, nn. ¶1, ¶1071, ¶1072 & ¶1073 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Clement Marc, C.SS.R. — 8 passages

Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. III, Ch. II, Art. I, § 2. Concerning The Plaintiff And Denouncer, nn. ¶2303, ¶2304, ¶1, ¶2, ¶2305, ¶2306, ¶2307 & ¶2308 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P.

Diss. V, Chapter IX — On the obligations of those who serve the courts, n. I — SECTION II — On the accuser and the denouncer. I. QUESTION I. Is anyone bound to accuse or to denounce? ANSWER. This distinction between an accuser and a denouncer St. Thomas constitutes, II-II, q. 68, art. 1: that a denouncer intends a brother's amendment, an accuse… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Affability (Friendliness) — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)