A Topic of Moral Theology

Order among creditors; bankruptcy

Insolvency; bankruptcy law and conscience

Also asked about as…

bankruptcy and conscience · cannot pay all my debts · insolvency · paying creditors in order · the case in which someone cannot satisfy all creditors · which creditors to pay first (ed.)

In the index as Debts · Order · Creditors · Restitution · Bankrupt · Creditor · Bankruptcy · Cession of goods · Debtor · Debtors · Surrender of goods · Alienation · Debt · Fraudulent preference in bankruptcy · Goods · Payments of Debt · Poor Persons · Privilege · Privileged creditors · Bankrupt and debts · Confessor · Hypothecary · Mortgage census · Poverty

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Third. On the Repa…, Question Fifth. On the Cir…, Article Second. In What Or…, Section 2. The Order Among Creditors from Natural Law, nn. 507 & 508 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. III, Ch. V, Section III. Order of Making Restitution, n. 3 — The question of order of payment among creditors also arises when a debtor is insolvent and cannot pay all in full, for if he can pay all in full, order of payment is not of consequence. If a man cannot pay his debts as … Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. III, Scholion. On the Case in which Someone Cannot Satisfy All Creditors, nn. ¶1, 1012 & 1013 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XXX. In What Order Restitution is to be Made, nn. 1437, 1438, 1439, 1440, 1441, 1442, 1443, 1444, 1445 & 1446 (10 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 A: Concerning the …, Question Three: On the Cir…, Article II: On the Order of Those to Whom Restitution Must Be Made, nn. 324 & 325 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. III, Sect. I, Ch. III, Art. III, § II. On the Order of Restitution as Regards Creditors, nn. ¶1, 453, 454 & 455 (4 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 Act of Commutative …, To which of several creditors must restitution be made first?, nn. 1–30 (30 passages)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Question X: In what order restitution is to be made, nn. 1–20 (20 passages)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Slater, Cases I, Restitution, Case 9. Preference in Bankruptcy, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases I, Restitution, Case 10. Fraudulent Preference, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases I, Restitution, Case 11. Fraudulent Foresight, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Questions of Moral Theology

Slater, Questions, Bankruptcy and Conscience, nn. ¶368–¶395, ¶397, ¶398, ¶399, ¶401 & ¶402 (33 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Order of Making Restitution — Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)