A Topic of Moral Theology

Revocation of wills; executors

How a will is revoked; the duties of executors and the conscience of legatees

Also asked about as…

changing a will · duties of an executor (ed.)

In the index as Testament · Revocation · Will · Birth · Conditions · Cremation and will · Executor · Executor of will · Last Wills · Administrator of will · Annulment · Cessation · Executor of a testament · Fideicommissum · Heir · Interpretation · Intestacy · Legacy · Legal incapacity of donating · Obligation · Ordinaries · Pious · Power · Rescission

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VII, Pt. II, Chapter III. Wills, nn. 5 & 6 (2 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 Contracts, Second Part. On Contracts …, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § II, Point IV. On the Revocation of Testaments, n. 833 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Treatise On Contracts, Second Part. On Contracts …, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § II, Point V. On the Executor of a Testament, n. 834 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part II — Chapter II: On Contracts in Particular, nn. 704, 705 & 706 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. II, Question Three: On Testament, n. 495 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. II, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § IV. On the Revocation of Testaments, n. 515 — I. A testament, under whatever form it has been made, can always be revoked at the will of the testator, because a testament by its nature is an essentially revocable act; therefore the testator retains dominion of his g… Read in context →

Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. II, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § V. On the Executor of a Testament, n. 516 — I. The executor of a testament is called he to whom the office belongs of causing all the conditions and clauses of the testament to be put into execution according to the intention of the testator and the right interpre… Read in context →

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. II, Disputation XI: On Testame…, Question V: In what ways a testament is revocable, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Wills — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist · Decretals of Gregory IX · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)