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In Renting

Letting a house or room to those who will use it for sin, and when the rent may still be taken.

In the index as Letting · Cooperation in Sin

In the manuals

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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Fourth. On Contracts, Question First. On Contrac…, Article Sixth. On Location, n. 607 — 607. Notion. Location is a contract by which the use or usufruct of some thing, or the work of a person, is conceded to another for a certain price. a. He who furnishes the use or usufruct of the thing is called the loca… Read in context →

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Fourth. On Contracts, Question First. On Contrac…, Article Sixth. On Location, Section 1. On Location, n. 608 — 608. Obligations. Because the contract of location is similar to purchase-sale, for the right of using some thing or of receiving its fruits is bought and sold, those things which above were said concerning purchase-sale… Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

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

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 9. The Sins Against B…, In Renting, nn. 1540 & 1541 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Gaudentius Bontempi of Brescia, O.F.M. Cap. — 6 passages

Tr. II, Disputation X: On Emphyteu…, Question II: What letting is, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Leases — 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) · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · 1917 Code of Canon Law and 1 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)