A Topic of Moral Theology

Laws on the Index and Cremation

Laws on the Index and Cremation, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 1. The Duties of Members of the Church).

In the index as Book, prohibited books · Cremation

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 1. The Duties of Memb…, Laws on the Index and Cremation, n. 2595 — Two Other Important General Laws of the Church. Two Other Important General Laws of the Church.—(a) The prohibition of wicked and dangerous writings (Canons 1384 sqq.) is based on the natural law, which requires one to avoid what is proximately dangerous to faith or m… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Faith, Fourth Part: On the Vices …, Question Two: On Sins Indi…, Article III: On the Reading and Dissemination of Prohibited Writings, n. 775 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The divisions of law — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)