A Topic of Moral Theology

Sale of Goods

Justice in buying and selling: the just price, defects of the thing sold, and fraud in trade.

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Also asked about as…

eviction (ed.)

In the index as Price · Sale · Buying and selling · Money · Merchandise · Objects · Adulteration · Buying-selling · Cooperation in Sin · Defect · Defects · Delivery · Earnest to bind contract · Earnest-money · Eviction · Thing · Warranty

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VII, Pt. II, Ch. V, Article I. Sale of Goods, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § VI, Point I. On Buying and Selling Generally, nn. 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898 & 899 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 9. The Sins Against B…, In Selling, nn. 1533, 1534, 1535 & 1536 (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)

75. On Sale, n. 3 (5 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. III, Question One: On Purchase …, Article I: On Purchase and Sale in General, nn. 513 & 514 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. I, Chapter II — The lax opinions of several Casuists, n. XXXIX — XXXIX. The Fathers of Salamanca, tract 14, chap. 2, point 9, § 1, no. 84, ask whether sellers and buyers sin against justice while they deceive one another with lies and perjuries, in order that the price may be increase… Read in context →

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. II, Disputation V: On Buying a…, Question III: Which things can be sold, nn. 1–57 (57 passages)

Tr. II, Disputation V: On Buying a…, Question XIII: Whether a sale with a pact of repurchase is lawful, nn. 1–19 (19 passages)

Questions of Moral Theology

Slater, Questions, The Just Price, nn. ¶10, ¶11, ¶12, ¶13, ¶15, ¶16, ¶18, ¶20, ¶21, ¶23, ¶24, ¶25, ¶26, ¶27, ¶28, ¶30, ¶31, ¶33, ¶34, ¶36, ¶37, ¶39, ¶40, ¶41, ¶42 & ¶43 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 8. A Conscience-stricken Merchant, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 15. Gambling in "Futures", nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

On the Morals of To-Day

Ch. VIII, 1919, nn. ¶182, ¶183, ¶184, ¶185, ¶186, ¶187, ¶188 & ¶189 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Back to Morality

Chapter XI: Prices Moralized, nn. ¶208, ¶209, ¶210, ¶211, ¶213, ¶214 & ¶215 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. IV, Ch. III, Art. I, § 1. ON SALE IN GENERAL, nn. ¶2, ¶1122, ¶1123, ¶1124, ¶1125, ¶1126, ¶3, ¶1127, ¶1128, ¶1129, ¶1130, ¶4, ¶5 & ¶1131 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Fourth. On Contracts, Question First. On Contrac…, Article Fifth. On Purchase…, Section 2. On the Obligations of Seller and Buyer, nn. ¶1, 589, 590, 591, 592 & 593 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Fourth. On Contracts, Question First. On Contrac…, Article Fifth. On Purchase…, Section 3. On the Just Price, nn. 594, 595, 596, 597, 598 & 599 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Socialism: Its Theoretical Basis and Practical Application

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

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON CONTRACTS, SECOND PART: ON CONTRACTS …, Ch. I, Art. I, § IV. On the Just Price, nn. ¶1, ¶961, ¶962, ¶963, ¶964, ¶965, ¶966, ¶2, ¶967, ¶968, ¶3, ¶969, ¶970, ¶971, ¶972, ¶973 & ¶974 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. I, Article II. On the Just Price, nn. 532, 533, 534, 534, Q. 2, 534, Q. 3, 534, Q. 4 & 535 (7 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. II, Ch. I, Article II. On Just Price, nn. 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899, 900, 901 & 902 (47 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. IV, Ch. II, Art. II, § 1, 1. On Merchandise and the Obligation of the Seller, nn. 292, 293 & 294 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. IV, Ch. II, Art. II, § 1, 2. On the Price and the Obligation of the Buyer, nn. ¶51, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300 & 301 (8 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. 743–764 (22 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Buying and Selling — Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · The Casuist · 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.)