A Topic of Moral Theology
Innkeepers and Victuallers
Those who keep an inn, a tavern or a lodging house: what they may sell and to whom, and when they cooperate in another's sin.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
barmen · landlords of inns · publicans · tavern keepers (ed.)
In the index as Innkeepers · Loan of prohibited books · Newspapers · Bad newspapers · Booksellers · Carriers · Compensation · Confessor and bad newspapers · Cooperation · Drunkards · Heir · Innkeeper · Loan of a prohibited book · Receiver
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part First. On the Precept…, Book Third. On the Precept…, Question Third. On Charity…, Article Sixth. On Sins Aga…, Particular Questions Concerning Cooperation, n. 125 — 125. On the cooperation of innkeepers. Innkeepers can cooperate in the sins of others chiefly in three ways: 1. By furnishing forbidden foods. a. It is not licit voluntarily to offer forbidden foods to guests: for this w… Read in context →
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Third. On the Repa…, Question Fourth. On Restit…, Article Fifth. On the Flatterer, the Receiver, and the Participant, n. 493 — 493. 1. One receiving or furnishing recourse is said to be he who knowingly cooperates in the damage of the neighbor by furnishing security to the damager. This can happen in two ways: either by receiving another's thing… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, IX. On Deposit, n. 1076 — What are the obligations of the depositary? - 1. The depositary cannot, per se, use the deposited thing. The reason is that the thing is given to him for custody, not its use conceded. Use of the thing can be judged perm… Read in context →
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter III: On Restitution, n. 532 — 532. Hence the following are obliged to restitution: (a) merchants and innkeepers who accept from children of families, servants, etc., money or things secretly taken away from parents or masters, because thus they favor… Read in context →
On the Prohibition and Censorship of Books (De prohibitione et censura librorum)
Chapter VIII: Obligation of Conscience. Gravity of Fault, n. 60 — Guilt of lending 60. 6. On the lending of a book. a) Of itself, it is less grave to lend a book than by selling it to hand over full possession of it. Therefore a proportionate reason, such as a librarian of a public lib… Read in context →
The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. IV, Case XXVI: Is It a Grievous Sin for Innkeepers to Supply Spirituous Liquors to Customers Who Are Drinking to Excess or Who Are Already Drunk?, nn. ¶1–¶16 (16 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Duties of Certain Laymen — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)