A Topic of Moral Theology
Legal Justice: Taxes, Military Service, Social Laws
The obligation of taxes (including succession tax), military service, and other social laws.
The works themselves ask 15 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
- Succession Tax
- The Observance of Other Social Laws
- The Obligation of Furnishing Military Service
- The Obligation of Paying Taxes
Also asked about as…
cheat on taxes · conscription · draft · income tax · inheritance tax · not paying taxes · paying taxes · tax evasion · tax fraud (ed.)
In the index as Tributes · Taxes · Legal justice · Perfect society · State · Justice · Law · Military service · Virtue · Defrauding · Fisc, that is, the public treasury or tax authority · Fraud · Restitution · Baptism · Blackstone · Civil law · Civil power · Conscription · Corruption of officials · Corruption of words · Distributive justice · Forfeiture · Goods · Law and conscience
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Appendix II. On Legal Justice, nn. 1049 & 1050 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Appendix II. On Legal Just…, I. On Taxes, nn. 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054 & 1055 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Appendix II. On Legal Just…, II. On Succession Tax, n. 1056 — I. Notion. Succession tax is a tax which heirs must pay to the treasury from an inheritance obtained.Read in context →
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Appendix II. On Legal Just…, III. On Military Service, nn. 1059 & 1060 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. III, Pt. III, Sect. II, Ch. II, Article III. Impediments in Particular, n. 641 — IV. Slaves in slavery properly so called, before liberty has been accepted (canon 987, 4°). V. Those who are bound by civil law to ordinary military service, before they have completed it (canon 987, 5°). 1. Those who by… Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 2. Duties of Members …, Taxes, nn. 2637, 2638, 2639, 2640, 2641 & 2642 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Laws, VI. On the Law of Taxes, nn. 232, 233 & 234 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XX. On Reparation of Injustice, n. 1323 — Resolutions: An unjust distributor of public offices is held to nothing toward the worthy person passed over, because he violated no strict right of his. Nevertheless he is certainly held toward society and toward privat… Read in context →
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. III, Art. IX, § 1. On civil law prescribing that taxes be paid, nn. ¶46, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293 & 294 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Second Part: Concerning Legal Justice, nn. ¶1, 259, 260 & 261 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Second Part: Concerning Le…, Question One: Concerning the Common Good to Be Pursued, nn. ¶1, 262, 263, 264, 265 & 266 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Second Part: Concerning Le…, Question Two: Concerning the Procuration of the Common Good, nn. ¶1, 267, 268 & 269 (51 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fourth Part: On Distributi…, Question Three: On Justice…, Article I: On Taxes and Tolls to Be Paid, nn. 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630 & 631 (65 passages — hover a number to read it)
Back to Morality
Chapter X: Justice, nn. ¶165, ¶166, ¶167, ¶167a, ¶168, ¶169, ¶170, ¶171 & ¶172 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Vice Opposed to Dis…, On taxes, nn. 1–57 (57 passages)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. III, OR ON RESTITUTION, Ch. II, Art. II, § 2. ON VARIOUS UNJUST DAMAGERS, nn. ¶4, ¶964, ¶965, ¶966, ¶967, ¶968, ¶969 & ¶970 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Fourth. On the Fourth…, Question Third. On Obligat…, Article Fourth. On the Obligation of Paying Taxes, nn. 314, 315, 316, 317 & 318 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Fourth. On the Fourth…, Question Third. On Obligat…, Article Fifth. On the Obligation of Furnishing Military Service, nn. 319, 320, 321 & 322 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)
Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Third Commentary: On the F…, XVI. On the Obligation of Paying Taxes, nn. 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206 & 207 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Third Commentary: On the F…, XVII. On the Obligation of Performing Military Service, nn. 208, 209, 210, 211, 212 & 213 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)
19. On the Law of Taxes and Military Service, nn. 1 & 2 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, THIRD PART: ON RESTITUTION, Ch. III, ARTICLE I: ON TAXES, nn. ¶816, ¶817, ¶818, ¶819, ¶820, ¶821, ¶822 & ¶823 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. III, Sect. II, Appendix: On the Obligation of Paying Taxes, nn. 472, 473, 474, 474, Q. 2, 475 & 475, Q. 3 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. V, Subquestion III: On the re…, Doubt II: Whether one is bound to restore customs duties he has defrauded, nn. 1–22 (22 passages)
Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. V, Subquestion III: On the re…, Doubt III: What form is to be kept in a just tax, nn. 1–20 (20 passages)
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, Third Part. On Restitution, Sect. II, Ch. III, Article I. On Taxes, nn. 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744 & 745 (32 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter III: On Restitution, nn. 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597 & 598 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Justice and Rights (Seventh and Tenth Commandments) — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · The Roman Catechism · Slater, Religion & Human Interests · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)