A Topic of Moral Theology
Occupation and things found
Taking possession of what has no owner; things found; treasure-trove
The works themselves ask 12 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
found money · keeping something you found (ed.)
In the index as Finding · Treasure · Occupation · Goods (Bona) · Lost Things (Amissae res) · Derelict things · Dominion · Property · Finding of treasure · Alien (Alienigena) · Animals · Found thing · Found treasure · Ownerless goods · Shipwreck · Thing · Things · Treasure-trove
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. IV, Section I. Occupation, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 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)
68. On Occupation, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (16 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…, First Part. On the Nature …, Ch. II, Art. I, § III, Point II. On Finding, nn. 575, 576, 577, 578 & 579 (18 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 I: On the Existence of Right, nn. 221, 222, 223 & 224 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § III. On the acquisition of dominion, nn. ¶5, ¶648, ¶649, ¶650, ¶651, ¶652, ¶653 & ¶654 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Five: On the Acqu…, Article II: On Invention, nn. 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218 & 219 (32 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § III. On the Acquisition of Dominion, nn. 370 & 371 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. I, Chapter V — On the dominion of things found, and of those things which accrue by force of alluvion or in another manner; and on prescription, n. IV — IV. A treasure is properly called an ancient deposit of money, of which no memory survives. This treasure belongs to the finder by the law of nature and by the common civil law. For the rest, many peculiar positive laws … Read in context →
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. V, Subquestion II: What thing…, Doubt IX: What is to be restored by reason of finding, nn. 1–35 (35 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Occupation — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Billuart, Summa Summae · Coppens, Moral Philosophy — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)