A Topic of Moral Theology
Occult Compensation
Secretly taking what is strictly owed when it cannot be recovered otherwise: the strict conditions that alone justify it.
The works themselves ask 20 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
See also Theft and Unjust Damage — in Justice and Rights (Seventh and Tenth Commandments)
Also asked about as…
compensating myself · taking what i'm owed secretly · underpaid so i took · unpaid wages (ed.)
In the index as Compensation · Occult Compensation (Compensatio occulta) · Restitution · Theft (Furtum) · Workers (Operarii) · Hidden · Salary · Secret compensation · Servant (Famulus) · Driver (Auriga) · Right · Servants · Thomas Aquinas, St. · Causes · Conditions · Counterclaim · Deposit · Excommunication · Justice · Linsenmann, F. X. · Loan for Use · Mental reservation · Merchants · Need
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. III, Chapter VII. Occult Compensation, nn. 1 & 2 (2 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. II, Ch. III, Art. I, § I, Point III. On Causes Excusing the Taking Away of Another's Thing, nn. ¶1, 1032 & 1033 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Occult Compensation, nn. 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 & 1938 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XXXIV. On Occult Compensation, nn. 1471, 1472, 1473, 1474, 1475, 1476, 1477 & 1478 (8 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 Justice and Ri…, Second Part. On the Violat…, Ch. II, Art. II, § II. On Hidden Compensation, nn. 620, 621, 622, 623, 624 & 625 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 9: Sins Against the Property of Others, nn. ¶29, ¶30, ¶31, ¶32, ¶33, ¶34, ¶35 & ¶36 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. II, Art. III, § 2. On Occult Compensation, nn. ¶26, 88, 89 & 90 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. II, Ch. I, Art. II, § 2. On Occult Compensation, nn. ¶1, ¶916, ¶917 & ¶918 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, SECOND PART: ON VIOLATION …, Ch. II, OR ON SINS AGAINST JUSTICE, Art. II, § II. On Hidden Compensation, nn. ¶1, ¶708, ¶709, ¶710, ¶711 & ¶712 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Ch. III, Question Three: On the Causes Excusing the Taking of Another's Thing, n. 409 — 409. State of the question. - Theft is the unjust taking of another's thing; and therefore it can never be made honest or excused. Nevertheless there are causes which make the taking of another's thing no longer unjust b… Read in context →
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Ch. III, Question Three: On the Cau…, Article II: On Hidden Compensation, nn. ¶1, 413, 414, 415 & 416 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. II, Ch. II, Article II. On Occult Compensation, nn. 409, 410, 411, 411, Q. 2, 411, Q. 3 & 411, Q. 4 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. I, Chapter II — The lax opinions of several Casuists, n. XII — XII. The Fathers of Salamanca, tract 13, chap. 1, doubt 13, no. 318: “Whether one who has an opinion that a thing is owed him may use occult compensation?” They answer, no. 319: “It must be said therefore that in general… Read in context →
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXVII: On Thef…, Question X: Whether it is lawful, by private authority, to recover what is ours, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)
The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Case XVI: Occult Compensation, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Case LXV: Occult Compensation and Mental Reservation, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5 & ¶6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. IV, Case LVII: Occult Compensation Justified by a Promise, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Second. On the Inj…, Question Second. On the Un…, Article First. On the Natu…, Section 2. Hidden Compensation, nn. 426, 427 & 428 (3 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 II: On Injury, or the Violation of Right, nn. 454, 455, 456, 457 & 458 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Restitution — Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Billuart, Summa Summae · Slater, Cases I · The Roman Catechism · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)