A Topic of Moral Theology
Defensive and offensive war
What war is; reparation for a wrong.
The works themselves ask 13 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as War · Soldiers, St. Augustine on the Christian, of Rome · Peace · Prisoners · Soldiers · *Moderamen inculpatae tutelae* · Non-combatants · Sedition · Ambuscades · Arbitration · Booty · Commercialism vs. peace · Diplomacy · Doubt · Espionage · Fathers · Geneva · Hostages · International law on war · Jingoism · Journalism · Kant · Looting · Lying
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 Second. On the Precep…, Book Fifth. On the Fifth P…, Question Seventh. On War, nn. 351, 352, 353 & 354 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. V, Chapter VI. War, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 8. The Sins Against P…, War, nn. 1376–1427 (52 passages)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the Fifth Precept of th…, VII. On War, nn. 751 & 752 (2 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. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Fifth Precept of th…, Chapter IV. On War, n. 407 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. IV, Section 3: The Moral Principles Involved in War, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12, ¶14, ¶15, ¶16, ¶17, ¶18, ¶19, ¶20, ¶21 & ¶22 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Second Part: Concerning Le…, Question Three: Concerning the Defense of the Common Good or On War, nn. ¶1 & 272 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Charity, On the Vices Opposed to Ch…, On war, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XVI: On War, Question I: Whether any war can be just, nn. 1–14 (14 passages)
Treated under the broader heading War — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · The Roman Catechism · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · Slater, Religion & Human Interests · Decretum of Gratian — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)