A Topic of Moral Theology

Mandate and the Management of Affairs

Agency, mandate and negotiorum gestio.

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acting on someone's behalf · agency · agent · power of attorney (ed.)

In the index as Mandate · Management of Affairs · Contract · Deposit · Agency · Communion of Goods · Inheritance · Broker (Proxeneta) · Expenses · Management of another's affairs · Payment · Forum · Loans · Management · Mandatary · Mandate, contract · Mandatory · Annuities · Assignment · Bailment · Bailments · Barter · Buying and Selling · Capacity of contracting

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Fourth. On Contracts, Question First. On Contrac…, Article Third. On Mandate, nn. 571, 572, 573 & 574 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VII, Pt. II, Chapter VIII. Bailment, n. 1 — BAILMENT is a contract by which the possession of chattels is delivered by one person (the bailor) to another person (the bailee) either to be delivered by the bailee to a third person or to be redelivered to the bailor … Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. VII, Pt. II, Chapter IX. Principal and Agent, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter V. Things Forbidden to Clerics, n. 2 — Without leave of their own Ordinary they should not undertake the agency for property belonging to laymen, nor secular offices which entail the duty of rendering accounts; they should not exercise the office of procurato… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § X. On Mandate and the Management of Affairs, nn. 932, 933, 934, 935, 936 & 937 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 3. The Subjective Par…, The Objects of Commutative Justice, n. 1749 — Forms of Contract. Forms of Contract.—The chief forms of contract are the following: (a) gratuitous contracts, which are those that confer advantage on only one of the contractants, or those in which no payment or compensation for his acts… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XI. On Mandate and on Quasi-contract, nn. 1112–1125 (14 passages)

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XXVII. On Restitution from Unjust Cooperation, n. 1395 — Whether restitution is owed from unjust cooperation, and how many kinds are there? - Restitution must be made from unjust cooperation. For there is not always only one cause of damage given, and a cooperator in unjust da… Read in context →

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XXX. In What Order Restitution is to be Made, n. 1431 — What order is to be observed as regards cooperators obliged in solidum? - If cooperators concur by a diverse species or grade of cooperation, then in the first place the principal causes of the damage are held; so that t… Read in context →

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)

73. On Commodatum, on Deposit, on Mandate, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (34 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 Contracts, Second Part. On Contracts …, Sect. I, Chapter V. On Mandate and Management of Affairs, nn. 846, 847 & 848 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. VI, Article I: Generalities Concerning Contracts, nn. 490 & 491 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. IV, Ch. II, Art. I, § 3, Precarium, Deposit, Sequestration, Mandate, and Management of Affairs, n. 283 — 283. We treat all these gratuitous bilateral contracts very briefly, because it is sufficient for the confessor to apply the principles given concerning contracts in general. A loan for use is the gratuitous concession o… Read in context →

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. IV, Ch. II, ARTICLE IV: On Mandate and Management of Another's Affair, nn. ¶1088, ¶1089, ¶1090 & ¶1091 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON CONTRACTS, SECOND PART: ON CONTRACTS …, CHAPTER V: ON MANDATE AND MANAGEMENT OF AFFAIRS, nn. ¶1, ¶925, ¶2, ¶3, ¶926, ¶4 & ¶927 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. IV, Question Three: On Mandate and Management of Affairs, nn. 588, 589, 590, 591 & 592 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. II, Sect. I, Chapter V. On Mandate and Management of Affairs, nn. 522, 523 & 524 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Contracts — Koch–Preuss · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Slater, Cases I · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · 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.)