A Topic of Moral Theology
The Origin of Civil Power and the Social Contract
Whence political authority comes: against Leviathan and the social contract, the aggregation theory, and for the divine origin of power in the nature of civil society.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Society · State · Officials, Public · Patriotism · Authority · Leo the Thirteenth · Capital punishment · Nature · Politics · Ryan · Aristotle · Citizens · Civil authority · Government · Legal justice · Obedience · Paul, St. · Punishment · Right · Rousseau · State, The Christian · Abstention from voting · Aggregation theory of civil power · Amette, Cardinal, On the duties of voters
In the manuals
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A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. V, Pt. II, Chapter I: Definition and Division of Society, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. V, Pt. II, Ch. III, Section 1: Nature and Purpose of the State, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. V, Pt. II, Ch. III, Section 2: The Duties of Public Officials, nn. ¶1–¶24 (24 passages)
Vol. V, Pt. II, Ch. III, Section 3: The Duties of Citizens, nn. ¶1–¶30 (30 passages)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Second Part: Concerning Le…, Question Two: Concerning the Procuration of the Common Good, nn. 270 & 271 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation II: On Unbelief, Question VIII: Whether unbaptized unbelievers can retain power over the faithful, and whether they can be deprived of it, nn. 1–26 (26 passages)
Moral Philosophy: Ethics, Deontology and Natural Law
Pt. III, Ch. VIII, Section I. Of the Monstrosities called Leviathan and Social Contract, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. III, Ch. VIII, Section II. Of the theory that Civil Power is an aggregate formed by subscription of the powers of individuals, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. III, Ch. VIII, Section III. Of the true state of Nature, which is the state of civil society; and consequently of the Divine origin of Power, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)
Rickaby, Moral Philosophy, Note on Rousseau, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3 & ¶4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy
Chapter III: Civil Society, nn. ¶468, 227, 228, 229, 230, ¶473, 231, ¶475, ¶476, 232, 233, 234, ¶480, ¶481, ¶482, ¶483, 235, ¶485, ¶486, ¶487, 236, ¶489, ¶490, ¶491 & 237 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)
Public School Education
CHAPTER IX. The State.—Its Usurpation of the Individual Rights.—Its Incompetency to Educate, nn. ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9 & ¶27 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Civil authority and the duties of citizens — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910) · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · The Roman Catechism · Slater, Religion & Human Interests · Slater, Back to Morality — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)