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A Topic of Moral Theology

Sale by auction

Conditions of an honest auction; puffing, knock-outs, reserve

The works themselves ask 18 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

bidding · ebay (ed.)

In the index as Auction · Sale · Monopoly · Buying-Selling · Broker · Buying and selling · Public auction · Sale under the spear (Venditio sub hasta) · Crier · Mohatra · Pact · Seller · "Trust" · Actions · Auctioneer · Cartel · Clayton Trust Bill · Contract · Contracts · Fictitious · Monopolies · Tailor · Title · Utility

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. I, Bk. VII, Pt. II, Chapter VI. Sale by Auction, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

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

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § VI, Point II. On Some Buyings and Sellings in Species, nn. 900, 901, 902, 903 & 904 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 6 passages

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XII. On Sale and Purchase, nn. 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163 & 1164 (6 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. — 14 passages

Vol. I, Treatise On Contracts, Second Part. On Contracts …, Sect. II, Ch. I, Art. III, § II. On Sale Under the Spear, or by Bidding, nn. 907, 908, 909, 910 & 911 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss — 3 passages

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 5: The So-Called Onerous Contracts, nn. ¶51, ¶52 & ¶53 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Clement Marc, C.SS.R. — 3 passages

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. IV, Ch. III, Art. I, § 2. ON CERTAIN SALES IN SPECIES, nn. ¶3, ¶1134 & ¶1135 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Anthony Konings, C.SS.R. — 6 passages

Vol. I, TREATISE ON CONTRACTS, SECOND PART: ON CONTRACTS …, Ch. I, Art. II, § III. On Sale under the Spear, or on Public Auction, nn. ¶999, ¶1000, ¶1001, ¶1002, ¶1003 & ¶1004 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 18 passages

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. III, Question One: On Purchase …, Article III: On Sale by Auction, nn. 528, 529 & 530 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 14 passages

Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. I, Article III. On the Principal Species of Sales, nn. 536, 537, 538, 539, 539, Q. 2, 540, 541, 542, 542, Q. 2, 542, Q. 3, 543, 544, 544, Q. 2 & 544, Q. 3 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Buying and Selling — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Slater, Cases I · The Casuist · Slater, Questions · Decretals of Gregory IX — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)