A Topic of Moral Theology

Penal laws

Laws binding only under penalty; latae and ferendae sententiae penalties; whether English laws are penal.

The works themselves ask 25 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

law that binds only to the penalty · merely penal law (ed.)

In the index as Law · Penal law · Penalty · Ignorance (Ignorantia) · HUMAN law · Irritating law (Lex Irritans) · Marriage · Canon law · Extension of law · Incapacity · Opium · Sanction · Acts · Austin and legal obligation · Blackstone and legal obligation · Breviary · Canonical penalties · Censure, ecclesiastical penalty · Civil law · Code of Canon Law · Different regimes · Eternal and temporal punishments · Fear · Form

In the manuals

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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 2 passages

§ 1. On Penal Law., nn. 164 & 165 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 3 passages

Vol. I, Bk. III, Ch. X, Section IV. Penal and Voiding Laws, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. III, Ch. X, Section V. Civil or Municipal Law, n. 4 — A very probable opinion of long standing in England maintains that merely positive laws are penal, and do not bind under sin except to submit to the penalty in case of violation, and if it be imposed. Of course, it is we… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 5 passages

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. VII, § II, Point V. On Penal Law, nn. 160, 161, 162, 163 & 164 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 9 passages

Vol. I, On Laws, V. On Invalidating and Penal Law, nn. 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230 & 231 (9 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)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 17 passages

18. On Invalidating and Penal Law, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (17 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.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 11 passages

Vol. I, Treatise On Laws, Part Two. On the Principal…, Ch. III, Article I. On Penal Law, nn. 133 & 134 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 3 passages

Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Laws, nn. 346, 347 & 348 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 4 passages

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. III, Art. V, § 1. On Penal Law, nn. 209, 210, 211 & 212 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Clement Marc, C.SS.R. — 11 passages

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. IV, Art. I, § 2. On the Obligation of Penal Law, nn. ¶1, ¶181, ¶182, ¶183 & ¶184 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. IV, Art. I, § 3. On the Obligation of an Invalidating Law, nn. ¶1, ¶185, ¶186, ¶187, ¶188 & ¶189 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Anthony Konings, C.SS.R. — 5 passages

Vol. I, TREATISE ON LAWS, PART SECOND: ON THE PRINCI…, Ch. III, ARTICLE I: ON PENAL LAW, nn. ¶178, ¶179 & ¶180 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON LAWS, PART SECOND: ON THE PRINCI…, Ch. III, ARTICLE II: ON IRRITATING LAW, nn. ¶181 & ¶182 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 59 passages

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Section A: On Law Accordin…, First Part: On Law in Gene…, Third Question: On the Eff…, Article II: On the Coercive Force or Sanction of Law, nn. 235, 236 & 237 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Section B: On the Laws Whi…, Fourth Part: On Human and …, First Question: On Human L…, Article V: On the Division of Human Law, nn. ¶1, 277 & 278 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Sixth Part: On Ecclesiasti…, Second Question: On the Po…, Article III: On the Quality and Extension of the Obligation of Penal Law, nn. 348, 349, 350 & 351 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 3 passages

Vol. I, Tr. III, Pt. II, Chapter V. On Penal Law, nn. 113, 114 & 114, Q. 2 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Charles-René Billuart, O.P. — 24 passages

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On the Power of Human Law, On penal law, nn. 1–24 (24 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Civil Law — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)