A Topic of Moral Theology

Ownership and Property

The right of private property, its titles, and its limits.

Within this topic

In the index as Prescription (Praescriptio) · Dominion (Dominium) · Ownership · Goods (Bona) · Lost Things (Amissae res) · Bishop (Episcopus) · Property · Socialism · Wife (Uxor) · Possession (Possessio) · Servitude, as a species of dominion (Servitus, ut species dominii) · Accession (Accessio) · Colleges ("Corporations") · Abandoned · Church, as temple (Ecclesia, ut templum) · Children · Good Faith (Bona fides) · Children of a family (Filiifamilias) · Corporations · Occupation (Occupatio) · Right (object of justice) · Usufruct (Ususfructus) · Clerics (Clerici) · Oblations (Oblationes)

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Chapter I. Nature of Justice and Right, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Chapter II. Objects of Ownership, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. III, Section I. General Principles, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. III, Section II. Property Rights of Minors, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. III, Section III. Property Rights of Married Women, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. III, Section IV. Property Rights of the Church, nn. ¶1, 1, 2 & 3 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. III, Section V. Property Rights of Clerics, n. 1 — We do not propose to treat here of the capacity of religious to own property; that question will be best considered when we treat of the state of religious. Here we only inquire into the property rights of the secular cl… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Chapter IV. Title to Property, n. 1 — TITLE is a cause sufficient to confer property in a thing. There are several kinds of title, some derived from the natural law, others due to positive law, and others which have their effect from the will of private pers… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. IV, Section I. Occupation, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. IV, Section II. Accession, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. IV, Section III. Prescription, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 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.

Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, First Part. On the Nature …, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On the Object of Dominion, nn. 537, 538, 539, 540 & 541 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, First Part. On the Nature …, Ch. II, Article III. On Servitude, nn. 596, 597 & 598 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, DISSERTATION I: CONCERNING THE RIGHT OF MAN IN EXTERNAL GOODS, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶839 & ¶840 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, CHAPTER I: On the Nature and Species of Ownership, nn. ¶841, ¶1, ¶842, ¶2, ¶843, ¶3, ¶844, ¶845, ¶4, ¶846, ¶5, ¶847, ¶848, ¶6, ¶849 & ¶850 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, CHAPTER II: On the Object and Subject of Ownership, n. ¶1 — Cf. Encyclical of Leo XIII, December 28, 1878 (A. S. S., 11, p. 369), May 15, 1891 (A. S. S., 23, p. 641), concerning Socialism and concerning the condition of workers; besides the authors cited, Leroy-Beaulieu, Le Colle… Read in context →

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. II, ARTICLE I: On the Object of Ownership, nn. ¶851 & ¶852 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § 1. On Man's Ownership Over Other Men, nn. ¶853 & ¶854 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § 2. On Man's Ownership Over the Offspring of His Own Genius, nn. ¶1, ¶855 & ¶856 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § 1. On the Subject of Ownership in General, n. ¶857 — 857. Principle. Every and only intellectual nature is the subject of ownership. For intellectual nature alone can enjoy the faculty of disposing at will of some thing as its own. - Besides, ownership draws with itself th… Read in context →

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § 2. On the Subject of Ownership in Particular, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶858, ¶859, ¶860, ¶861, ¶862, ¶4, ¶863, ¶864, ¶865, ¶866, ¶867, ¶868, ¶869 & ¶870 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § 3. On the Ownership of Moral Persons, nn. ¶871, ¶1, ¶872, ¶2, ¶873, ¶874, ¶875 & ¶876 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, CHAPTER III: On the Modes of Acquiring Ownership, nn. ¶1 & ¶877 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. III, ARTICLE I: On Occupation, n. ¶878 — 878. Definition. Occupation is the apprehension of a thing that belongs to no one, with the mind of having it as one's own. - It is said: apprehension, i.e. real and external occupation of the thing. Division. There is d… Read in context →

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. III, Art. I, § 1. On the Occupation of Animals, nn. ¶1, ¶879, ¶880 & ¶881 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. III, Art. I, § 2. On the Occupation of Things Found, nn. ¶1, ¶882, ¶883, ¶884, ¶885 & ¶886 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. III, ARTICLE II: On Accession, nn. ¶887, ¶888 & ¶889 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. III, ARTICLE III: On Prescription, nn. ¶890 & ¶891 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. III, Art. III, § 1. On Acquisitive Prescription, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶892, ¶4, ¶893, ¶5, ¶894, ¶6, ¶895, ¶896, ¶7, ¶897 & ¶898 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. III, Art. III, § 2. On Liberative Prescription, nn. ¶899, ¶900 & ¶901 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, CHAPTER II: ON THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF RIGHT, nn. ¶1 & ¶2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, ARTICLE I: ON DOMINION, nn. ¶589 & ¶590 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On the object of dominion, nn. ¶1, ¶591, ¶592, ¶593, ¶594, ¶595, ¶596, ¶597, ¶598 & ¶599 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the subject of dominion, nn. ¶600, ¶1, ¶601, ¶602, ¶603, ¶604, ¶2, ¶605, ¶606, ¶607, ¶608, ¶609, ¶610, ¶611, ¶3, ¶612, ¶613, ¶4, ¶614, ¶615, ¶616, ¶617, ¶618 & ¶5 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. Whether and of what temporal things the Church can have dominion, and in what way this is recognized by our law, nn. ¶619 & ¶620 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. What is the subject in which direct dominion of ecclesiastical goods resides, and what is required so that they may be legitimately acquired and held, nn. ¶621, ¶622 & ¶623 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § III. To whom the administration of ecclesiastical goods pertains, and in what way it is to be conducted, nn. ¶624, ¶625, ¶626 & ¶627 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § IV. What are the various species of ecclesiastical goods, and what is to be observed here concerning each, nn. ¶1, ¶628, ¶629, ¶630, ¶631, ¶632, ¶633, ¶634, ¶635, ¶636 & ¶637 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § III. On the acquisition of dominion, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶638, ¶3, ¶639, ¶640, ¶4, ¶641, ¶642, ¶643, ¶644, ¶645, ¶646, ¶647, ¶5, ¶648, ¶649, ¶650, ¶651, ¶652, ¶653, ¶654, ¶655, ¶656, ¶6, ¶657, ¶658, ¶659, ¶660, ¶7, ¶661, ¶8, ¶662, ¶663, ¶9, ¶664, ¶10, ¶665, ¶666, ¶667, ¶668, ¶11, ¶669, ¶670, ¶12, ¶671, ¶672, ¶673 & ¶674 (49 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, ARTICLE II: ON USE AND USUFRUCT, nn. ¶675, ¶676, ¶677, ¶678 & ¶679 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, ARTICLE III: ON SERVITUDE, nn. ¶680, ¶681, ¶682, ¶683, ¶684, ¶685, ¶686 & ¶687 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Two: On the Species of Right, nn. 159 & 160 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Ch. III, Question One: On the Private Right of Possessing External Goods, nn. 396, 397, 398, 399, 400 & 401 (113 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. I, Chapter IV — On dominion, and its division, and the partition of goods, nn. I–XIV (14 passages)

Moral Philosophy: Ethics, Deontology and Natural Law

Pt. III, Ch. VII, Section I. Of Private Property, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. III, Ch. VII, Section II. Of Private Capital, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. III, Ch. VII, Section III. Of Landed Property, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. IV, Case XXVIII: What Are the Obligations of a Person Who Has Disposed of an Article That He Found Without Making Any Attempt to Discover the Owner?, nn. ¶1–¶14 (14 passages)

Vol. V, Case VIII: When Is Ownership Transferred?, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy

Chapter V: Rights of Ownership in Material Property, n. 170 — 170\. Ownership is the right to dispose of property at will, and to exclude others from its use. By property, we mean the external material goods of the earth, which men can divide amongst themselves.Read in context →

The 1917 Code of Canon Law

1917 Code of Canon Law, Book Three: Of Things, Part Six: Of the Temporal Goods of the Church, cann. 1495, 1496, 1497 & 1498 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Title XXVII: Of Acquiring Ecclesiastical Goods, cann. 1499–1517 (19 passages)

Title XXVIII: Of Administering Ecclesiastical Goods, cann. 1518, 1519, 1520, 1521, 1522, 1523, 1524, 1525, 1526, 1527 & 1528 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Title XXIX: Of Contracts, cann. 1529–1543 (15 passages)

Title XXX: Of Pious Foundations, cann. 1544, 1545, 1546, 1547, 1548, 1549, 1550 & 1551 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, n. 1 — (D. Thomas, IIae IIae, a q. 57 ad q. 76.)Read in context →

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On Right and Ownership, What is right, and of how many kinds?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On Right and Ownership, What is ownership, and of how many kinds? What are usufruct and use?, nn. 1–20 (20 passages)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On Right and Ownership, Whether, in things consumed in a single act, use is distinguished from ownership?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On Right and Ownership, On possession, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Subject and Object …, On the subject and object of ownership in general, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Subject and Object …, On the ownership of clerics, nn. 1–63 (63 passages)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Ways of Acquiring Ownership, n. 1 — Things, with respect to dominion, are of two kinds. Some are appropriated, that is, they have a proper and determinate dominion. Some are common or quasi-common, namely such as are held to have no lord of themselves, as … Read in context →

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Ways of Acquiring O…, On the ways of acquiring ownership of things that belong to no one, nn. 1–19 & 37–62 (45 passages)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Ways of Acquiring O…, On the first way of acquiring ownership of things that belong to another, namely accession, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Ways of Acquiring O…, On the other way of acquiring ownership of things that belong to another, namely prescription, nn. 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80 & 81 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On Justice, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On Justice, On the definition, object, and subject of justice, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On Justice, On the division of justice, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Socialism

1. The Sores of Lazarus., nn. ¶8 & ¶9 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

2. What is Socialism ?, nn. ¶10, ¶11, ¶12, ¶13, ¶14, ¶15, ¶16, ¶17, ¶18 & ¶19 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

3. Socialism a Romance., nn. ¶20 & ¶21 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

4. Political Difficulties of Socialism., nn. ¶22, ¶23 & ¶24 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

5. The Proletariate., nn. ¶25, ¶26 & ¶27 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

6. The Iron Law., nn. ¶28, ¶29, ¶30 & ¶31 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

7. Karl Marx’s Theory of Value., nn. ¶32, ¶33, ¶34, ¶35, ¶36, ¶37, ¶38 & ¶39 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

8. The Unproductive Rich., nn. ¶40, ¶41 & ¶42 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

9. The Healing of Lazarus., nn. ¶43–¶57 (15 passages)

10. Co-operation., nn. ¶58, ¶59, ¶60 & ¶61 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

11. Honour to Masters., n. ¶62 — Flattery of the lower orders is as base and mischievous as the flattering of kings. It is plain truth to tell, and wholesome to hear, that the great multitude of the poor, who are always with us, have a choice to make, a… Read in context →

12. Augury of the Future., nn. ¶63, ¶64, ¶65, ¶66, ¶67, ¶68, ¶69 & ¶70 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

13. Need of Motive Power from Above., nn. ¶71–¶97 (27 passages)

Questions of Moral Theology

Slater, Questions, Unearned Increment and Title by Accession, nn. ¶100–¶127 (28 passages)

Slater, Questions, Ownership and Railway Fares, nn. ¶128, ¶129, ¶130, ¶131, ¶132, ¶134, ¶135, ¶136, ¶137, ¶138, ¶139, ¶140, ¶141, ¶142, ¶143, ¶144, ¶145 & ¶146 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Questions, Modern Sociology, nn. ¶403, ¶406, ¶407, ¶409, ¶410, ¶412, ¶413, ¶415, ¶416, ¶418, ¶419, ¶420, ¶421, ¶422, ¶423, ¶424, ¶425, ¶426, ¶427, ¶428, ¶429, ¶432, ¶434, ¶435, ¶437, ¶439, ¶441, ¶442, ¶445, ¶446, ¶447, ¶449, ¶450, ¶451, ¶453, ¶454, ¶455, ¶457, ¶459, ¶461, ¶462, ¶464, ¶465, ¶467, ¶469, ¶470, ¶472, ¶473, ¶474, ¶477, ¶478, ¶479, ¶480, ¶481, ¶483, ¶484, ¶485, ¶486, ¶487, ¶488 & ¶490 (63 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Questions, English Socialism and Religion, nn. ¶491, ¶492, ¶493, ¶494, ¶495, ¶496, ¶498, ¶500, ¶501, ¶502, ¶503, ¶504, ¶505, ¶506, ¶507, ¶508, ¶509, ¶511, ¶512, ¶513, ¶515, ¶516, ¶517, ¶519, ¶520, ¶521, ¶522, ¶523, ¶524 & ¶525 (33 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Slater, Cases I, The First Commandment, Case 7. Diabolical Possession Scientifically Explained, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases I, The Seventh Commandment—Ju…, Case 1. An Ingenious Verger, n. ¶1 — Titius, the verger of a certain church, lets seats to the faithful for the parish priest. Caia had rented one of the principal seats, but she passed the summer season in distant regions. According to custom, other member… Read in context →

Slater, Cases I, The Seventh Commandment—Ju…, Case 2. Boycotting, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases I, The Seventh Commandment—Ju…, Case 4. An Avaricious Priest, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases I, The Seventh Commandment—Ju…, Case 5. Title by Finding, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9 & ¶10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases I, The Seventh Commandment—Ju…, Case 7. Copyright, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases I, The Seventh Commandment—Ju…, Case 8. Prescription, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 3. A Contract with a Modus, n. ¶1 — Certain Catholics in a certain town wished a certain religious Order to have a church in their town; indeed, after a large sum of money had been collected, they bought land on which a house and church might be built and … Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 1. Law in General, Collision of Laws, n. 292 — Since rights and duties are correlative—there being a duty that corresponds to every right, and vice versa—and since both are regulated by law, the principles given for the apparent collision of laws can be applied to th… Read in context →

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 3. The Subjective Par…, Distributive and Commutative Justice Compared, nn. 1746 & 1747 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 3. The Subjective Par…, The Roots of Restitution, nn. 1770 & 1771 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, The Vices Against Commutative Justice, n. 1815 — The Vices against Commutative Justice. The Vices against Commutative Justice.—These vices can be classified under two general heads: (a) the vices committed in involuntary commutations (see 1748), which include deeds against the person (such as homicide, muti… Read in context →

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Titles to Property, nn. 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875 & 1876 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Contracts, n. 1889 — Cessation of Obligation. Cessation of Obligation.—The obligation of a contract ceases in various ways: (a) by action of the contractants, as when a promisee renounces his right, or each of the parties to a promise has made a gratuitous promise i… Read in context →

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Theft and Robbery, n. 1891 — Unauthorized Use of Another’s Funds. Unauthorized Use of Another’s Funds.—What is the guilt of one who uses for his own purposes the money of another entrusted to him for other purposes? (a) There is no theft, for it is supposed that the purpose of the user… Read in context →

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Lawful Occupation, n. 1921 — Conditions for Lawful Occupation of the Goods of Others in Extreme Need. Conditions for Lawful Occupation of the Goods of Others in Extreme Need.—(a) The occupation must be necessary for securing one’s own or another’s natural right to some supreme good, such as life or what is almost the equ… Read in context →

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 1. The Duties of Memb…, Negative Duties of Clerics, n. 2603 — Negative Duties of Clerics. Negative Duties of Clerics.—The negative duties of clerics are the avoidance of certain acts, occupations, or amusements forbidden as worldly, undignified, dangerous, distracting or scandalous (I Thess., v. 22; II Tim., … Read in context →

On the Morals of To-Day

Ch. VII, Christ, and the Church, nn. ¶178, ¶179, ¶180 & ¶181 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Liber Sextus of Boniface VIII

Bk. II, Title XIII: On Prescriptions, cc. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Bk. III, Title IX: On the Property of a Church Not to Be Alienated, cc. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)

Bk. II, Title XXVI: On Prescriptions, cc. 1–20 (20 passages)

Bk. III, Title XIII: On Whether the Property of a Church May Be Alienated, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Bk. III, Title XXV: On the Peculium of Clerics, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)

Pt. II, Causa X, c. — GRATIAN. A certain layman seeks to separate from diocesan law a basilica built by him; the bishop contends that the church with its entire endowment pertains to his administration; at length the bishop prevails, and, acc… Read in context →

Pt. II, Causa X, Question I, cc. & 1–15 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa X, Question II, cc. , 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa X, Question III, cc. , 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa XII, Question I, cc. & 1–28 (29 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa XII, Question II, cc. & 1–75 (76 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa XII, Question III, cc. , 1, 2, 3 & 4 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa XII, Question IV, cc. , 1, 2 & 3 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa XII, Question V, cc. , 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Back to Morality

Chapter IV: Life in Communist Russia, nn. ¶54–¶70 (17 passages)

Chapter V: Communist Sunday Schools, nn. ¶71, ¶72, ¶73, ¶74, ¶75, ¶76, ¶77, ¶78, ¶79 & ¶80 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book Third. On Laws, Question Eleventh., On the Collision of Duties and Rights., nn. 205* & 205** (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

§ 1. From the Constitution *Apostolicae sedis*, nn. 64 & 65 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

§ 2. From the Council of Trent, n. 91 — 91. a. This censure protects ecclesiastical goods taken in the broadest sense, namely any temporal goods and rights whatever pertaining to churches, religious places, or pious places; to these also in part article 11 and… Read in context →

§ 1. From the Constitution *Apostolicae sedis*, nn. 100 & 101 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter First. On Ownership, Question First. On Ownersh…, Article First. On the Nature of Ownership, nn. 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365 & 366 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter First. On Ownership, Question First. On Ownersh…, Article Third. On the Subject of Ownership, n. 367 — 367. On the subject itself. By the subject of ownership is understood the person to whom ownership belongs. A twofold person is distinguished who is capable of ownership: a physical person and a moral person. 1. From the… Read in context →

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter First. On Ownership, Question Second. On Owners…, Article Second. On Possession, nn. 369, 370 & 371 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter First. On Ownership, Question Second. On Owners…, Article Fourth. On the Ownership of Spouses, nn. 376, 377 & 378 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter First. On Ownership, Question Second. On Owners…, Article Fifth. On the Ownership of Authors, n. 379 — 379. By the name author is understood everyone who by his own talent invents something, of which sort is: a. one who has written a book; b. one who has composed a work of art, such as a musical rhythm or painting; c. one… Read in context →

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter First. On Ownership, Question Second. On Owners…, Article Sixth. On the Ownership of Clerics, nn. 380 & 381 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter First. On Ownership, Question Third. On the Acquisition of Ownership, n. 382 — 382. Preliminary notions. 1. By a mode of acquiring ownership is understood a title or cause apt of itself to confer ownership. Five diverse modes of acquiring ownership are distinguished: occupation (invention), accessi… Read in context →

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter First. On Ownership, Question Third. On the Acq…, Article First. On Occupation, nn. 383–396 (14 passages)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter First. On Ownership, Question Third. On the Acq…, Article Fourth. On Labor, nn. 397 & 398 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Fourth. On Contracts, Question Fourth. On Aleato…, Article Second. On Game, nn. 622, 623 & 624 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, n. 339 — Introduction. I. What Is Intended in the Treatise. This treatise can occupy too small a place in this manual volume. Yet it will by no means lack its peculiar utility, if it exhibits, as it were synoptically, the principles of conclus… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Section I: General Notions Concerning the Virtue of Justice, nn. ¶1, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345 & 346 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Title I: Offices of Legal and Distributive Justice, n. ¶1 — Utility. The few things which we hand down here explain more the notions of legal and distributive justice; and at the same time they touch the grave question concerning the force and obligation of laws, especially civil… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Chapter I: Offices of Legal Justice, nn. 347, 348 & 349 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Chapter II: Offices of Distributive Justice, nn. 350 & 351 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Title II: Offices of Commutative Justice, n. ¶1 — Order of speaking. Since these offices look to this, that each one's own right be rendered to him, their explanation is contained and completed by the explanation of rights. The order of speaking will be this: that we tr… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. I, Article I: On Various Dominion, nn. 352–367 (16 passages)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. I, Article II: On Possession, nn. 368, 369, 370 & 371 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. II, Article I: General Matters, n. 372 — Physical and Moral Persons. I. Here on earth, all men and only men are capable of dominion and rights. Public authority can restrict this capacity on account of the common good. II. Men, however, can be considered either… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. II, Art. II, § 2. On Wives, nn. 376, 377 & 378 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. II, Article III: On Clerics, nn. 379 & 380 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. II, Article IV: On Religious, nn. 381 & 382 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Chapter III: On the Object of Right, nn. 383, 384 & 385 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Chapter IV: On the Modes of Acquiring Rights in General, nn. 386 & 387 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. V, Art. I, § 1. On Occupation, nn. ¶1, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393 & 394 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. V, Article III: On Accession, nn. 398 & 399 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. V, Art. IV, § 3. What Force Prescription Has in the Forum of Conscience, nn. 403, 404, 405, 406 & 407 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Title III: On Injustice Opposed to Commutative Justice, n. ¶1 — Usefulness. - Very grave questions now remain for us to investigate concerning the multiple objects and forms of injuries, concerning their various gravity, and concerning the obligation of restoring what belongs to anot… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. IV, Appendix: On the Perfection of Justice, nn. 685, 686, 687, 688, 689 & 690 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On Conscience, II. On Certain Conscience, n. 109 — Can there be an invincibly erroneous conscience concerning the precepts of natural law? - "It is certain that in the first principles of natural law, as also in the proximate conclusions and certain obligations of one's … Read in context →

Vol. I, On Conscience, III. On Probable Conscience, n. 121 — Note: An exception, and a true and illogical exception of probabilism, is the limitation which some probabilists and equiprobabilists add to probabilism from the principle of possession: In doubt the condition of the pos… Read in context →

Vol. I, On Conscience, V. On Doubtful Conscience, n. 143 — In doubt the condition of the possessor is better. C. 6 de Praescript. This axiom in the external forum, both ecclesiastical and civil, has been received as a certain rule of judgments. For it is to be presumed that he w… Read in context →

Vol. I, On Laws, II. On the Author of Law, n. 180 — Who generally can make laws? - Since God is Lord of all, and has ordered obedience to superiors not only ecclesiastical but also civil, not only he himself, but they also can make laws. L. 140. Hence several laws are dis… Read in context →

Vol. I, On the First Precept of th…, V. On Vain Observance, n. 479 — Of how many kinds is vain observance? - There are four species of vain observance, which are distinguished only materially by reason of effects. 1. If certain useless things are observed for acquiring an infusion of know… Read in context →

Vol. I, On the Fourth Precept of t…, I. Obligations of Children Toward Parents, nn. 667 & 670 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, On the Fourth Precept of t…, III. Obligations of Spouses, n. 677 — What are the rights and obligations of spouses concerning goods? - If Natural Law is considered, marital society does not prevent both husband and wife from retaining ownership, usufruct, and administration even of goods… Read in context →

Vol. I, On the Fourth Precept of t…, V. Obligations of Inferiors and Superiors, n. 692 — What is the distinction between slaves and servants? - Servants are distinguished from slaves. Slaves are those who, by the law of nations and civil law against natural liberty, are subject to another master, so that the… Read in context →

Vol. I, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, I. On Acts of Lust Not Consummated, n. 783 — Do the aforesaid touches differ in species from the consummated act of pollution and intercourse, and from other incomplete acts? R. To the 1st: Affirmatively; and this response holds both for touches and for other incom… Read in context →

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, I. On Justice Considered Generally, nn. 832–881 (50 passages)

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, II. On the Modes of Acquiring Ownership by Natural Law, nn. 882–907 (26 passages)

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, III. On the Mode of Acquiring Ownership by Civil Law, nn. 908–930 (23 passages)

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, VII. On Testament, n. 1049 — What is the right of accretion? The right of accretion is that right by which the parts of failing heirs or failing legatees in the same inheritance or in the same thing bequeathed are added to other coheirs or other col… Read in context →

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XII. On Sale and Purchase, nn. 1139 & 1146 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XXII. On Restitution from Another's Thing, nn. 1332, 1345 & 1352 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XXXIV. On Occult Compensation, nn. 1477 & 1478 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Appendix, On the Dominion of Authors, n. ¶1 — To n. 875 ff. ON THE DOMINION OF AUTHORS 1. "It is certain," says Fr. Gury, Comp. v. 1, n. 566, "that any man has by natural right a right in the fruit of his industry and of his talent. For if a thing bears fruit for it… Read in context →

Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, I. On Judges, n. 16 — Must a judge judge according to written laws? - R. Affirmatively. "Augustine says: In these temporal laws, although men judge concerning them when they institute them, nevertheless when they have been instituted and conf… Read in context →

Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, II. On the Negative Obligations of Clerics, n. 175 — Are fishing and hunting prohibited to clerics? - Fishing is lawful, as something which by its nature is altogether quiet, nor is it read anywhere as proscribed. But frequent and clamorous hunts are interdicted, namely th… Read in context →

Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, III. On Beneficiaries in General, n. 189 — What is the right of patronage; how is it acquired; what are the obligations and rights of the patron? - The right of patronage is the faculty or right, first of all, of presenting a cleric so that a benefice may be conf… Read in context →

Vol. III, On Penance, XII. On the Various Duties of the Minister, n. 860 — Can the confessor at least sometimes, or when, use knowledge of Confession? - According to all theologians he can do this in the following cases: 1. to pray for the penitent, or to act more kindly toward him; 2. to consu… Read in context →

Vol. III, On Order, II. On the Minister and Subject of Order, n. 912 — There is required 14. as regards receiving sacred orders, a title of honest support, Trent, sess. 21, C. 2; otherwise the Bishop ordaining or granting dimissorials is himself bound to support the one ordained in sacred o… Read in context →

Vol. IV, On Marriage, I. On Betrothals and on the Banns, n. 926 — What and how great is the obligation of betrothals? Betrothals oblige one to enter marriage under mortal sin. For they are an onerous contract in a grave matter. If a term has not been fixed, it will suffice if the one p… Read in context →

Vol. IV, On Marriage, III. On the Impediments of Marriage, n. 1022 — What is the impediment of error, condition, and fury? As regards consent, there are impediments of marriage from error, condition, fury, fear, and abduction. Error dirimently impedes marriage by natural law if it is conc… Read in context →

Vol. IV, On Irregularity, n. 1333 — From defect of liberty, slaves are irregular where slavery is still in force, unless their masters have consented to ordination. Chap. 1 ff., de Serv. non ordin.; chap. Nulli 2, chap. Si servus 20, Dist. 24. To this some… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. II, Sect. III, Scholion II. On Ecclesiastical Law, n. 94 — I. Ecclesiastical law strictly so called is the complex of canons or laws which have been made by ecclesiastical authority. II. Ecclesiastical laws are distinguished: 1. By reason of the legislator, into papal, episcopal… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. II, Sect. III, Scholion III. On Civil Law, n. 95 — I. Civil law is the complex of laws made by civil authority. II. Civil law is distinguished: 1. By reason of time, into old and modern law. a) Old law, by which Roman Law is understood, consists of four parts, which are:… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. II, Art. I, § IV, Point II, That Is, Equiprobabilism, Thesis II, n. 229 — One who strictly doubts about the cessation or fulfillment of a law, in other words, one who holds it as equally or almost equally probable that the law has not ceased or has not been fulfilled, is held to observe it. It… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. III, Section II. On Cessation from Servile Works, n. 705 — I. Object of the precept. On feasts of precept the following are prohibited: 1. forensic acts; 2. unless legitimate customs or particular indults provide otherwise, public market, fairs, and other public sales and purcha… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Part VII. On the Seventh and Tenth Precepts of the Decalogue, n. 757 — IV. Fuller exposition; this is especially set forth by a fuller exposition both of the object of justice, that is, as is clear from the definition handed down, right, and of its subject. 1. Notion of right. The word righ… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § I. On Strict Rights Considered in Themselves, n. ¶1 — All strict real rights involve something of ownership; most, however, involve only limited ownership. So that these may be explained completely and in order, we shall treat first of ownership generally, then of limited o… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point I. On Ownership Generally, n. ¶1 — We must speak first of the notion, division, legitimacy, and necessity of ownership, then of the objects of ownership.Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point I, I. On the Notion, Division, Legitimacy, and Necessity of Ownership, nn. 760, 761, 762 & 763 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point I, Scholion. On High or Eminent Ownership, n. 764 — I. High ownership is the faculty of the prince of disposing of the goods of citizens, insofar as this is necessary or at least very useful for the common good. From the definition it is clear that high ownership is not o… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point I, II. On the Objects of Ownership, nn. 765 & 766 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point II. On Limited Ownerships, n. ¶1 — To limited ownerships, or those more or less imperfect, there especially pertain: usufruct, use, servitude, and in some respect also possession.Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point II, I. On Usufruct, nn. 767, 768, 769 & 770 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point II, II. On Use, n. 771 — Use is the right of using another's thing, with its substance preserved (St. Alphonsus, III, 487). If the other's thing is a house, it is called habitation. It is acquired and extinguished in those ways in which usufruct… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point II, III. On Servitude, nn. 772, 773 & 774 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point II, IV. On Possession, nn. ¶1, 775, 776 & 777 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § II, Point I. On the Ownership of Children of the Family, nn. ¶1 & 778 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § II, Point II. On the Ownership of Spouses, n. 779 — The goods of spouses are distinguished into common and proper, according as they belong to both or to either one. It depends on the law what kind the goods of spouses are: whether common, or proper, or partly common and … Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § II, Point III. On the Ownership of Clerics, nn. 780 & 781 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § II, Point V. On the Ownership of Moral Persons, nn. 785, 786 & 787 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point I. On Occupation, nn. 789 & 790 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point I, I. On the Occupation of Animals, nn. 791, 792, 793 & 794 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point I, II. On the Occupation of Treasure, nn. 795 & 796 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point I, III. On the Occupation of Lost Things, nn. 797 & 798 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point II. On Production and Specification, nn. 799, 800, 801 & 802 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point III. On Accession, nn. 803 & 804 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point IV, I. On Prescription Generally, nn. 805, 806 & 807 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point IV, II. On Acquisitive Prescription, n. 808 — For acquisitive prescription there are required: a prescriptible thing, possession prescribed by law, a just title, good faith, and the time established by law (St. Alphonsus, III, 504). I. A prescriptible thing. All thi… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point IV, III. On Liberative Prescription, nn. 809 & 810 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point IV, Scholion. On Prescription for Ecclesiastical Goods, n. 811 — I. The Church recognizes prescription as a mode of acquiring ecclesiastical goods and of liberating oneself from a debt arising either from a disposition of ecclesiastical authority or from a contract entered concerning … Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § VI, Point II, Scholion. On the Sale of Ecclesiastical Goods, n. 905 — Besides those things which we are going to say about every alienation of ecclesiastical goods - for these things also must be applied to sale, since it is one of the modes of alienating - it suffices, as regards sale, to… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § VII, Point I, Scholion. On the Letting-Hiring of Ecclesiastical Things, n. 911 — I. The contract of lease of some ecclesiastical fund should not be made except according to the norm of canon 1531, § 2; and in these contracts there should always be added conditions concerning the boundaries to be guar… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § XIII, Point III, Scholion. On the Alienation of Ecclesiastical Things, nn. 973 & 974 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. I, Obligation, and Titles of Restitution, n. 981 — III. Titles of restitution, that is, the reasons or roots from which the obligation of restitution arises, are: 1° another's thing materially unjustly possessed; 2° another's thing formally unjustly accepted; 3° mere dam… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. I, Article II. On Negative Duties, n. 1174 — V. Hunting. They should not indulge in hunting, and should never exercise noisy hunting (can. 138). Hunting - by which bird-catching is also comprehended - is distinguished as twofold, noisy and quiet. Noisy hunting is t… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. III, Pt. III, Sect. II, Chapter I. On the Positive Requisites, n. 618 — X. Canonical title, if it is a question of major Orders. A title of support is understood, that is, a guarantee by which provision is made for the suitable and of itself perpetual support of the ordinand. It is required,… Read in context →

Socialism: Its Theoretical Basis and Practical Application

Ch. I, Section I: Nature of Socialism. Its Relation to Communism, nn. ¶36–¶58 (23 passages)

Ch. I, Sect. II, § I. Socialism of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages, n. ¶59 — From the most ancient times we meet with certain partially communistic systems and institutions. On the island of Crete we find a certain kind of communism introduced as early as 1300 B.C., which in later times Lycurgus … Read in context →

Ch. I, Sect. II, § II. The Pioneers of Modern Socialism, nn. ¶60–¶81 (22 passages)

Ch. I, Sect. II, § III, Karl Marx, nn. ¶82–¶152 (71 passages)

Ch. I, Sect. II, § IV. The Present State of Socialism, nn. ¶153–¶390 (238 passages)

Ch. II, Section I: The Materialistic Conception of History as a General Theory, nn. ¶392, ¶393, ¶394, ¶395, ¶396 & ¶397 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. II, Sect. I, § I. Materialistic Monism, nn. ¶398 & ¶399 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. II, Sect. I, § II. The Constant Process of Evolution, nn. ¶400, ¶401, ¶402, ¶403, ¶404, ¶405, ¶406, ¶407 & ¶408 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. II, Sect. I, § III. Evolution and Economics, nn. ¶409–¶430 (22 passages)

Ch. II, Sect. I, § IV. Evolution and Class Distinctions, nn. ¶431, ¶432, ¶433, ¶434, ¶435 & ¶436 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. II, Section II: Application of the Material Conception of History as the Basis of Socialism, nn. ¶437, ¶438, ¶439, ¶440 & ¶441 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. II, Sect. II, § I. Marx’s Theory of Value and Surplus-value, nn. ¶442–¶471 (30 passages)

Ch. II, Sect. II, § II. Concentration of Industries, nn. ¶472–¶522 (51 passages)

Ch. II, Sect. II, § III. Concentration of Capital. Theory of Pauperization, nn. ¶523–¶562 (40 passages)

Ch. II, Sect. II, § IV. Theory of Collapse and Crisis, nn. ¶563, ¶564 & ¶565 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. II, Sect. II, § V. Industrial Reserve Army, nn. ¶566, ¶567, ¶568, ¶569, ¶570, ¶571, ¶572, ¶573, ¶574, ¶575, ¶576 & ¶577 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. III, Section I: Equal Rights of All Men, nn. ¶578–¶607 (30 passages)

Ch. III, Section II: The Iron Law of Wages, nn. ¶608–¶622 (15 passages)

Ch. III, Section III: Undue Emphasis of Industrial Life, nn. ¶623, ¶624, ¶625, ¶626, ¶627, ¶628 & ¶629 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. III, Sect. IV, § I. Principal Tenets of Socialism Incompatible with Religion, nn. ¶630–¶646 (17 passages)

Ch. III, Sect. IV, § II. Socialism Explicitly Hostile to Religion, nn. ¶647–¶690 (44 passages)

Ch. III, Section V: The Root of Socialism. Relationship of Socialism to Liberalism, nn. ¶691–¶710 (20 passages)

Ch. IV, Sect. I, § I. Socialistic Evasions, nn. ¶711–¶743 (33 passages)

Ch. IV, Sect. I, § II. Main Features of the Socialist Commonwealth, nn. ¶744–¶770 (27 passages)

Ch. IV, Sect. I, § III. Question at Issue More Accurately Determined, nn. ¶771, ¶772, ¶773, ¶774, ¶775, ¶776, ¶777, ¶778 & ¶779 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. II, § I. Socialization of Productive Goods, nn. ¶780, ¶781, ¶782, ¶783, ¶784 & ¶785 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. II, § II. Mode of Determining the Social Demand, nn. ¶786–¶806 (21 passages)

Ch. IV, Sect. II, § III. Division of the Labor Forces, nn. ¶807, ¶808, ¶809, ¶810, ¶811, ¶812, ¶813, ¶814, ¶815, ¶816 & ¶817 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. II, § IV. Distribution of Labor. Vocations, nn. ¶818, ¶819, ¶820, ¶821, ¶822, ¶823 & ¶824 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. II, § V. Some Unsatisfactory Solutions, nn. ¶825, ¶826, ¶827, ¶828, ¶829, ¶830, ¶831, ¶832, ¶833, ¶834, ¶835 & ¶836 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. II, § VI. Refutation of an Objection, nn. ¶837, ¶838, ¶839, ¶840, ¶841, ¶842 & ¶843 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. II, § VII. Impossibility of the Social Organization of Labor, nn. ¶844, ¶845, ¶846 & ¶847 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. III, § I. Socialistic Dreams, nn. ¶848, ¶849, ¶850, ¶851 & ¶852 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. III, § II. Industry and Economy in Socialism, nn. ¶853–¶869 (17 passages)

Ch. IV, Sect. III, § III. Progress in the Socialistic State, nn. ¶870, ¶871, ¶872 & ¶873 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. III, § IV. Arts and Sciences in Socialism, nn. ¶874, ¶875 & ¶876 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. III, § V. Liberty of the Press in Socialism, nn. ¶877, ¶878, ¶879 & ¶880 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Section IV: The Division of Produce, nn. ¶881, ¶882, ¶883, ¶884, ¶885 & ¶886 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. IV, § I. Number of Persons as a Standard, nn. ¶887, ¶888, ¶889, ¶890 & ¶891 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. IV, § II. Labor-time as a Standard, nn. ¶892, ¶893, ¶894, ¶895, ¶896, ¶897, ¶898, ¶899 & ¶900 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. IV, § III. The Labor Performed as a Standard, nn. ¶901, ¶902, ¶903, ¶904, ¶905, ¶906 & ¶907 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. IV, § IV. Diligence as a Standard, n. ¶908 — Much less than the amount of labor performed can diligence alone serve as a standard for the distribution | of produce. It would be simply unjust to regard diligence as the only norm, since such a standard would put the … Read in context →

Ch. IV, Sect. IV, § V. The Wants of Individuals as a Standard, nn. ¶909 & ¶910 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. V, § I. The Question of Overpopulation, nn. ¶911, ¶912, ¶913, ¶914, ¶915, ¶916, ¶917 & ¶918 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. V, § II. Socialism Essentially International, nn. ¶919, ¶920, ¶921, ¶922, ¶923, ¶924, ¶925 & ¶926 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Section VI: The Family in the Socialistic State, n. ¶927 — The family is without doubt the indispensable mainstay of every well-ordered commonwealth. If socialism destroys the family it must necessarily be looked upon as the enemy of order, freedom, civilization, and Christianit… Read in context →

Ch. IV, Sect. VI, § I. Marriage in the Socialistic State, nn. ¶928–¶941 (14 passages)

Ch. IV, Sect. VI, § II. Education and Instruction, nn. ¶942, ¶943, ¶944 & ¶945 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. VII, § I. Communism in Religious Orders, nn. ¶946, ¶947 & ¶948 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. VII, § II. Modern Industrial Organizations, nn. ¶949, ¶950, ¶951, ¶952, ¶953, ¶954 & ¶955 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Sect. VII, § III. The Modern Military System, n. ¶956 — Socialists endeavor to derive an argument for the possibility of their system from the organization and direction of our huge modern armies. However, it is manifest that a strict military organization with a criminal cod… Read in context →

Ch. IV, Sect. VII, § IV. Stock Companies, nn. ¶957, ¶958, ¶959 & ¶960 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cathrein, Socialism, Conclusion, nn. ¶961–¶976 (16 passages)

Cathrein, Socialism, Appendix, Encyclical Letter of Pope Leo XIII On the Condition of Labor (Rerum Novarum), nn. ¶977–¶1048 (72 passages)

Cathrein, Socialism, Appendix, Encyclical Letter of Pope Leo XIII On Christian Democracy (Graves de Communi Re), nn. ¶1049–¶1081 (33 passages)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. II, Pt. I, Ch. II, Section 3: The Sins That Cry to Heaven for Vengeance, n. ¶5 — If we study the nature of the sins thus characterized as crying to Heaven for vengeance, we find that they form a category separate and distinct from the capital sins. For whereas the latter spring from an inordinate cra… Read in context →

Vol. III, Pt. II, Chapter III: Right and Duty of Acquiring and Possessing Property, nn. ¶1–¶30 & ¶32 (31 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. I, Section 1: Respect, nn. ¶9 & ¶11 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 1: The Original Titles of Private Ownership, nn. ¶1–¶19 (19 passages)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 2: The Derivative Titles of Ownership, nn. ¶1–¶26 (26 passages)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 3: Nature and Division of Contracts, nn. ¶1–¶17 (17 passages)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 4: The So-Called Gratuitous Contracts, nn. ¶1–¶21, ¶23, ¶24 & ¶25 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 5: The So-Called Onerous Contracts, nn. ¶1–¶90 & ¶92 (91 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 6: Subsidiary Contracts, nn. ¶1–¶29 (29 passages)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 7: Partnerships and Stock Companies, nn. ¶1–¶20 (20 passages)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 8: Gaming and Wagering Contracts, nn. ¶1–¶23 (23 passages)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 9: Sins Against the Property of Others, nn. ¶1–¶51 (51 passages)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Sect. 10, A. Restitution in General, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Sect. 10, A. Restitution in General, Article 1: The Duty of Restoring Property Belonging to Others, nn. ¶1–¶23 (23 passages)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Sect. 10, A. Restitution in General, Article 2: The Duty of Repairing Unjust Damage or Loss Inflicted on Others, nn. ¶1–¶34 (34 passages)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Sect. 10, A. Restitution in General, Article 3: The Circumstances of Restitution, nn. ¶1–¶39 (39 passages)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Sect. 10, A. Restitution in General, Article 4: Causes Which Excuse From Restitution, nn. ¶1–¶25 (25 passages)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Sect. 10, B. Restitution in Particular, Article 1: Restitution for Damage Caused to Life and Limb, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Sect. 10, B. Restitution in Particular, Article 2: The Duty of Restitution Arising From Broken Matrimonial Engagements, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Sect. 10, B. Restitution in Particular, Article 3: The Duty of Restitution Arising From Fornication and Adultery, nn. ¶1–¶15, ¶17, ¶18, ¶19, ¶20, ¶21 & ¶22 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Sect. 10, B. Restitution in Particular, Article 4: Restitution for Damage Done to the Property of Others, nn. ¶1–¶20 (20 passages)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Sect. 10, B. Restitution in Particular, Article 5: Restitution for Damage Done in the Choice of a Vocation or the Pursuit of an Occupation, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6 & ¶7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Sect. 10, B. Restitution in Particular, Article 6: Restitution for Spiritual Damage, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)

Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Third Commentary: On the F…, VII. The Rights and Obligations of Spouses Concerning Goods, nn. 105, 106 & 113 (4 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)

66. On Ecclesiastical Goods, nn. 1 & 2 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

67. On the Co-ownership of Things, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)

68. On Occupation, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

68. On Accession, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

69. On Prescription, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Ch. II, Section A. Concerning Cert…, Question I: Concerning Certain Sins Against Faith, nn. ¶4527, ¶4528, ¶4529, ¶4530, ¶4531, ¶4532, ¶4533, ¶4534, ¶4535, ¶4536, ¶4537 & ¶4538 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. I, Article I. On the Nature of Justice, n. 346 — The name of justice seems to be derived from the just. But that is called just which is adequate and commensurate with its rule; whence justice in general is called whatever effects this adequation. - Hence sanctifying g… Read in context →

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. I, Article II. On the Nature of Right, nn. 347 & 348 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. I, Article III. On the General Principles of Right and Justice, n. 349 — I. God alone is truly and absolutely Lord of all things. The reason is that, since he alone is the supreme creator and conserver of all things, all things have absolute dependence upon him alone. - Hence it follows 1st. … Read in context →

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. II, Article I. On the Species of Right which is Called Dominion, nn. 350 & 351 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On the Object of Dominion, nn. 352, 353 & 353, Q. 2 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the Subject of Dominion, nn. 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 359, Q. 2, 359, Q. 3, 360, 361, 362, 362, Q. 2, 363, 364 & 364, Q. 2 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § III. On the Acquisition of Dominion, nn. ¶1, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 375, Q. 2 & 376–397 (35 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. II, Article II. On the Species of Right which is Called Use or Usufruct, nn. 398, 399 & 399, Q. 2 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. II, Article III. On the Species of Right which is Called Servitude, nn. 400 & 401 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § I. On Minors, nn. 481, 482 & 483 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § II. On Wives, nn. 484 & 485 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion

Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, X. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF…, THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT OF GOD, 3. OUR CONDUCT IN REGARD TO THE LOWER ANIMALS, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, X. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF…, THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT OF…, 1. THE RIGHT OF POSSESSION, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, X. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF…, THE NINTH COMMANDMENT OF GOD, 1. SOCIALISM, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. I, Disputation XXIII: On Just…, Question I: Whether right is the object of justice, nn. 1–35 (35 passages)

Tr. I, Disputation XXIII: On Just…, Question II: What justice is, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation XXIII: On Just…, Question III: Whether justice is a special virtue, nn. 1–24 (24 passages)

Tr. I, Disputation XXIII: On Just…, Question IV: In what subject justice consists, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation XXIII: On Just…, Question V: Whether justice is the most excellent of the moral virtues, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation XXIII: On Just…, Question VI: What kind of sin injustice is, and how it is committed, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation XXIII: On Just…, Question X: Whether distributive justice differs in species from commutative, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)

Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. V, Subquestion II: What thing…, Doubt VI: When things acquired by fowling, fishing, and hunting are to be restored, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. V, Subquestion II: What thing…, Doubt IX: What is to be restored by reason of finding, nn. 1–35 (35 passages)

Tr. I, Disputation XXVII: On Thef…, Question I: What dominion is, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)

Tr. I, Disputation XXVII: On Thef…, Question VIII: Whether men can be reduced to slavery, and sold, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation XXVII: On Thef…, Question IX: Whether slaves can wrest themselves from their masters, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)

Tr. II, Disputation II: On the Acq…, Question II: On the acquisition of dominion over barbarians, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. II, Disputation II: On the Acq…, Question III: On the acquisition of dominion over irrational creatures, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. VII, Disputation II: On the Sta…, Question V: Whether the Church, and bishops, have dominion over certain temporal things, nn. 1–19 (19 passages)

Tr. VII, Disputation II: On the Sta…, Question VI: Whether bishops, and other ecclesiastics, have dominion over revenues that are superfluous to their state, nn. 1–37 (37 passages)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Section I. On Right And On The Virtue Of Justice Itself, n. ¶8 — In this first section we shall treat 1. of right itself, which is the proper object of the virtue of justice, and which it is of much importance to understand rightly; for several false notions of right also harm Catholi… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Question I. On Right Itself, n. ¶9 — We divide this question into four chapters, namely 1. on the notion of right and its division; 2. on the object of right; 3. on the subject of right; 4. on the modes of acquiring right.Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Chapter I. On The Notion And Division Of Right, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Chapter II. On The Object Of Right Or Dominion, nn. ¶10, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Chapter III. On The Subject Of Right Or Dominion, nn. ¶11, 13 & 14 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Article I. On The Dominion Of Spouses, nn. 15 & 16 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses According To Roman Law, n. 17 — 17. Roman law distinguished the wife's goods of three kinds, for example: 1. paraphernal, 2. dotal, 3. common. 1. Paraphernal goods (so called from the Greek words παρά, that is, besides, and φερνή, that is, dowry) are g… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses According To The Civil Codes Of Certain Nations, n. ¶12 — Preliminary Note. The civil codes of diverse nations, in almost the same way as Roman law, distinguish between dotal, paraphernal, and common goods, and also, just as Roman law, attribute to the husband the administratio… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 1. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To German Law, n. 18 — 18. 1. German law obliges, in the whole German Empire from the day 1 Jan. 1900, all citizens of that kingdom contracting marriage within the borders of Germany. If a German man contracts marriage outside Germany, he is s… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 2. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To French Law, n. 19 — 19. General Rules: 1. Before marriage, the betrothed (if they are minors, the assistance of the father or guardian is required), as to their goods, have the faculty of entering into all pacts which they wish, provided th… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 3. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To English Law, n. 20 — 20. 1. Just as French law and German law, so also English law recognizes two regimes of goods, namely legal and conventional. 2. The legal system now in force must be taken from the Married Women's Property Act, 1882, wh… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 4. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To The Law Of North America, n. 21 — 21. 1. The United States of America does not, even today, have a uniform law concerning the goods of spouses, but diverse laws are in force in diverse states. 2. Nevertheless, generally there exists between spouses a per… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 5. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To Austrian Law, n. 22 — 22. 1. Austrian law presumes separation of goods, unless the contrary has been established by an authentic pact. "If spouses have made no special agreement concerning the use of their property, then each spouse retains h… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 6. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To Italian Law, n. 23 — 23. 1. In many things Italian law agrees with French law set forth above, and especially in the clause of the immutation of a contract entered after marriage. ("Matrimonial conventions of whatever species cannot be chang… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 7. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To Spanish Law, n. 24 — 24. 1. In Spain Roman law still is in force, with a few modifications applied. Thus, for example, in Roman law dotal goods are greatly distinguished from paraphernal goods; but in Spanish law dotal and paraphernal goods … Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 8. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To Swiss Law, n. 25 — 25. General Rules. 1. According to the new Swiss law obliging in all Switzerland from the day 1 Jan. 1912, a conjunction of goods is in force between spouses (Güterverbindung), unless something else has been expressly st… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Article II. On The Dominion Of Children Of Families, nn. 26 & 27 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § 1. On The Dominion Of Children Of Families According To Roman Law, n. 28 — 28. According to Roman law, the following principles were established by theologians: 1. The son has full dominion of castrensian and quasi-castrensian goods. 2. The son of a family indeed has direct dominion of adventit… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § 2. On The Dominion Of Children Of Families According To German Law, n. 29 — 29. Preliminary Notes. 1. According to German law, every man is capable of dominion (rechtsfähig) immediately after birth, indeed he is capable of taking an inheritance (erbfähig) immediately after conception. 2. Only mi… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § 3. On The Dominion Of Children Of Families According To French Law, n. 30 — 30. Preliminary Notes. 1. According to French law, each person is capable of dominion and already from conception is capable of taking an inheritance. 2. Children are minor-aged up to the completed 21st year of their age… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § 4. On The Dominion Of Children Of Families According To English Law, n. 31 — 31. 1. A minor is emancipated when he reaches the 21st year, or when he enters marriage, or when he leaves the paternal house and by reason of occupation ceases to be subject to the father, as if the minor becomes a sold… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § 5. On The Dominion Of Children Of Families According To The Law Of North America, n. 32 — 32. 1. In North America a uniform law concerning the rights of parents does not exist. Nevertheless, the following things are rather commonly established. 2. Parents indeed are not held to pay debts contracted by childre… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § 6. On The Dominion Of Children Of Families According To Austrian Law, n. 33 — 33. 1. Austrian law, just as it grants greater liberties to wives, so also grants them to children of families. 2. The father has administration of the goods which minor-aged children acquire. If, however, a minor-aged s… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § 7. On The Dominion Of Children Of Families According To Spanish And Italian Law, n. 34 — 34. These laws agree sufficiently and establish that the usufruct and administration of all goods which pertain to minor-aged persons belong to the parents, unless the contrary has been expressly established. But when ch… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § 8. On The Dominion Of Children Of Families According To Swiss Law, n. 35 — 35. Preliminary Notes. 1. The old law of the diverse Swiss districts does not differ much from the French law explained above. But the new law introduced sufficiently great changes. 2. Capacity for dominion arises from t… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Article III. On The Dominion Of Secular Clerics, nn. 36, 37 & 38 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Chapter IV. On The Modes Of Acquiring Dominion, n. 39 — 39. Preliminary Note. A mode of acquiring dominion is understood as the title upon which the acquisition of some thing is founded. Many authors distinguish original and derivative modes of acquisition. Those modes are ca… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Article I. On Occupation, n. ¶13 — We shall treat 1. of occupation in general; 2. of the occupation of animals; 3. of the occupation of treasure; 4. of booty to be taken in war.Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Art. I, § 1. On Occupation In General, n. 40 — 40. Notion. Occupation in general is the apprehension of a thing which belongs to no one, with the intention of acquiring it for oneself. Therefore under the name of occupation do not come thefts or robberies, because in… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Art. I, § 2. On The Occupation Of Animals, nn. 41, 42, 43 & 44 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Art. I, § 4. On Booty To Be Taken In War, n. 47 — 47. Preliminary Note. Since this booty to be taken pertains to well-known owners, it is acquired by occupation not properly but broadly so called. For occupation properly so called is concerned with things belonging to n… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Article II. On The Finding Of A Lost Thing, n. 48 — 48. Preliminary Note. The finding of a lost thing, although it is not properly a species of occupation, nevertheless can be reduced to it. But a lost thing differs from treasure in two ways: a) because it has not been hi… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 1. Principles Of Natural Law, nn. ¶14 & 49 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 2. Statutes Of Modern Civil Laws, nn. ¶15, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54 & 55 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Article III. On Accession, nn. ¶16 & 56 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Article IV. On Prescription, n. ¶17 — We shall treat 1. of the notion, division, and value of prescription; 2. of the conditions required for legitimate prescription; 3. of the statutes of certain modern laws.Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Art. IV, § 3. Statutes Concerning Prescription According To Certain Modern Laws, nn. ¶19, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 & 69 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. II, Chapter I. On The Notion Of The Virtue Of Justice, n. 70 — 70. The name of justice is taken in diverse ways, and indeed: 1. In the broadest sense, for the complex of all virtues, or for total and integral moral rectitude (Rechtschaffenheit). In this acceptation it is said: "Bles… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. II, Ch. II, Article I. On The Subjective Parts Or Species Of Justice, n. 71 — 71. General or legal justice (which by some authors is also called social) and particular justice are distinguished. But particular justice is subdivided into distributive and commutative. Distributive justice is again s… Read in context →

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Prolegomena: On Justice and Right, nn. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter I: On the Existence of Right, nn. 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45–73, 99–136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 151–182, 195–230, 234 & 243 (156 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Justice and Rights (Seventh and Tenth Commandments) — The Roman Catechism · Slater, Religion & Human Interests — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)