A Topic of Moral Theology
The judge's competence and just sentence
What a judge is; his qualifications and impartiality.
The works themselves ask 5 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
duties of judges (ed.)
In the index as Judge · Juror · Justice · Competence of the judge · Gift · Gifts · Innocent · Judgment · Jurisdiction · Knowledge · Restitution
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Fourth. On Particular…, Question First. On the Judge and Jurors, nn. 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727 & 728 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. I, Chapter I. Duties of Judges, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, In Judges, nn. 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947 & 1948 (9 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. II, Treatise on Particular Sta…, Part First. On the State o…, Chapter I. On the Obligations of Judges, n. 1 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fourth Part: On Distributi…, Question Four: On Public J…, Article I: On Judges, nn. ¶1, 636 & 637 (34 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. V, Chapter IX — On the obligations of those who serve the courts, n. I (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXIII: On Just…, Question VIII: In what respect the public judgment of a judge is just, nn. 1–70 (70 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation XXV: On the Ac…, Question IV: Whether acceptance of persons finds a place in the sentences of judges, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation XXV: On the Ac…, Q. IV, Sole Doubt: Whether a judge can, without the stain of acceptance of persons, decide in favor of friends when the law is doubtful among the doctors, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation XXVIII: On the…, Question I: Whether power is necessary in a judge, nn. 1–31 (31 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation XXVIII: On the…, Question II: Whether a judge ought to follow the truth, and therefore be wise, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation XXVIII: On the…, Question III: Whether the acts of a judge who has not a true but only a putative title are valid, so that not even he sins, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation XXVIII: On the…, Question IV: Whether the Pope can subject himself to someone's judgment, nn. 1–18 (18 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Duties of Judges — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Coppens, Medical Practice · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)