A Topic of Moral Theology

Ecclesiastical Penalties in General

Notion, division, imposition and interpretation of penalties; who can punish; who is liable; remission.

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canonical penalties · church punishments · who can impose penalties (ed.)

In the index as Ecclesiastical penalty · Blasphemy · Eternal and temporal punishments · Censure · Canonical penalties · Sorcery · Delict · Forum · Suspension · Application of penalties · Comitolus, Paulus · Degradation of clerics · Deposition of clerics · Excuse from the breviary · Fear removing obligations of clerics · Ignorance, of penalty · Interdict · Interpretation · Leander of the Most Holy Sacrament · Notion, division, and effects of excommunication · Notoriety of law and of fact · Penances · Propositions, condemned · Remedies

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On Ecclesiastical Penalties, First Book. On Ecclesiasti…, Only Question. On Ecclesiastical Penalties Themselves., nn. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Dissertation I. On Penalties in General, n. 852 — I. To the Church belongs the right, and that native and proper, and independent of any human authority, of coercing delinquents subject to her by penalties, both spiritual and even temporal (canon 2214, § 1). This is dra… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. I, Division, Imposition, and Interpretation of Penalties, n. 853 — I. Notion. An ecclesiastical penalty is the privation of some good, inflicted by legitimate authority for the correction of the delinquent and the punishment of the delict (canon 2215). It is said: 1. Of some good, that … Read in context →

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. III, Bk. III, Tr. II, Article I: General Things Concerning Penalties and Censures, nn. 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913 & 914 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Supplement: Dispositions o…, Pt. II, SECTION THIRD, TRACTATE II: On Ecclesiast…, Chapter IV: On the Other Ecclesiastical Penalties, n. ¶1 — Many are enumerated in the Code can. 2291 and 2298. In this tractate we shall refer only those things which, in the matters the author hands down, are confirmed or must be changed, leaving a fuller treatment of the matte… Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. VI, Chapter I. On Ecclesiastical Penalties In General, n. ¶61 — This chapter is divided into two articles: 1. on the notion and division of an ecclesiastical penalty; 2. on its author and subject.Read in context →

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. VI, Ch. I, Article I. On The Notion And Division Of An Ecclesiastical Penalty, nn. 469, 470, 471 & 472 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, Volume III: On the Decalogue

Diss. II, Chapter XIII — On the penalties established against witches, and against all who enter into a pact — explicit or tacit — with demons, nn. I & II (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Diss. III, Chapter VI — On the penalties established against blasphemers, and on their judges, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI & VII (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

The 1917 Code of Canon Law

Section I: Of Penalties in General, can. 2214 — § 1. The native and proper right of the Church, independent of any human authority, is to coerce delinquents subject to her by penalties both spiritual and also temporal. § 2. But let there be kept before the eyes the ad… Read in context →

Sect. I, Tit. IV, Species, Interpretation, and Application of Penalties, cann. 2215, 2216, 2217, 2218 & 2219 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Sect. I, Title V: Of the Superior Having Coercive Power, cann. 2220, 2221, 2222, 2223, 2224 & 2225 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Sect. I, Title VI: Of the Subject Liable to Coercive Power, cann. 2226, 2227, 2228, 2229, 2230, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2234 & 2235 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Sect. I, Title VII: Of the Remission of Penalties, cann. 2236, 2237, 2238, 2239 & 2240 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)

Bk. V, Title XXXVII: On Penalties, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Liber Sextus of Boniface VIII

Bk. V, Title IX: On Punishments, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Censures and Ecclesiastical Penalties — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Konings, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)