A Topic of Moral Theology
The matter of a contract
Possible, existing, determinate, at the party's disposal, lawful; contracts to do wrong and payment for a crime.
The works themselves ask 10 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
In the index as Contract (Contractus) · Contracts · Condition · Matter · Goods · Prostitution · Base · Conditions · Null contract · Price · Unnamed · A disgraceful condition · Agreement about a base thing · Base contract · Grave or light matter · Judge · Messenger · Pact · Prostitutes · Reparation · Thing
In the manuals
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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 Second. On the Matter of Contracts, nn. 525, 526 & 527 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VII, Pt. I, Chapter IV. The Matter of Contract, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § III. On the Object of Contract, nn. ¶1, 832 & 833 (3 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, First Part. On Contracts i…, Ch. I, Article I. On the Matter of a Contract, nn. 756, 757, 758, 759 & 760 (29 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 II — Chapter I: On Contracts in General, nn. 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649 & 650 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. IV, Ch. I, Art. II, § 1. On Suitable Matter, nn. 252 & 253 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. IV, Ch. I, Art. II, § 1. ON THE MATTER OF CONTRACT, nn. ¶1035 & ¶1036 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON CONTRACTS, FIRST PART: ON CONTRACTS I…, Ch. I, ARTICLE I: ON THE MATTER OF CONTRACT, nn. ¶830, ¶831, ¶832, ¶833 & ¶834 (5 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. I, Question Three: On the Object or Matter of Contract, nn. 464, 465 & 466 (43 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. I, Ch. II, Article I. On the Matter of Contract, nn. 477, 478, 479 & 479, Q. 2 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. V, Subquestion II: What thing…, Doubt V: Whether the wages of harlotry are to be restored, nn. 1–14 (14 passages)
Tr. II, Disputation III: On Promise, Question V: Whether a promise binds when made for a base cause, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Contracts — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium · 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.)