A Topic of Moral Theology
The peculium
Private allowances forbidden by Trent.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Private fund (peculium) · Deposit · POVERTY, religious, its necessity · Private fund of religious (peculium) · Regulars
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. III, Chapter IV. Religious Poverty, n. 3 — In some orders it was customary for the religious to have money, books, eatables, for their own use, and such allowance was called the peculium of the religious. Such a practice is against the purity of religious poverty… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. III, Sect. II, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Scholion. On Common Life, n. 1247 — II. Division. Common life is distinguished as twofold, perfect and imperfect, according as it excludes or permits some peculium, as it is called. With regard to peculium note: 1. A peculium is a good capable of being val… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, V. On the Vow of Poverty, n. 288 — Is it lawful for religious to have a peculium, i.e., a temporal good destined for their own uses, but by no means for the common uses of the monastery? - It is certain that such a peculium with independent use of it is i… Read in context →
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. V, Chapter VI — How hostilely life-rents fight with the vow of monastic poverty. The excuses and sophisms with which the corruption of private purses is wont to be encrusted, nn. I, II & III (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Q. VI, Doubt I: Whether prelates can grant religious an annual allowance, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. IV, Disputation IV: On the Vow…, Q. VI, Doubt II: Whether a religious who has superfluities by his superior's permission is a proprietor, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
The True Spouse of Jesus Christ
Chapter IX: Religious Poverty, nn. ¶1139 & ¶1140 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Religious Poverty — Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases II · The Casuist · Cathrein, Socialism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)