A Topic of Moral Theology
Secrets
The obligation of keeping natural, promised, and professional secrets.
The works themselves ask 54 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
See also Lying and Mental Reservation — in Truthfulness and Reputation (Eighth Commandment) · The Seal of Confession — in Penance and Confession
Also asked about as…
confidentiality · keeping a secret · privacy · professional secrecy (ed.)
In the index as Secret · Secrets · Letters · Notion of a secret, its varied character, obligation · Revelation · Revelation of a secret · Opening of letters · Secrecy, professional · Violation · Confession · Illegitimate child · Knowledge · Manifestation · Mental reservation · Official · Power of the husband · Sacramental Seal · Secret compensation · Secret of letters and writings · Secret writings · Servants · Superior (Superior) · *Restrictio stricte mentalis* · Abraham
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VIII, Chapter V. Secrets, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VIII, Section IV. On Injury of a Secret, nn. 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090 & 1091 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 6. The Remaining Pote…, Breach of Promise, n. 2407 — Infidelity and Violation of a Secret. Infidelity and Violation of a Secret.—It remains to speak of the vices of infidelity and violation of secret (see 2388 a). As to the former, since it has been discussed elsewhere (1877 sqq., 1888, 1889; see also the matt… Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 6. The Remaining Pote…, Violation of Secret, nn. 2408, 2409, 2410, 2411, 2412, 2413, 2414, 2415, 2416, 2417 & 2420 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Eighth Precept of t…, V. On Violation of Secret, nn. 1536, 1537, 1538, 1539, 1540, 1541, 1542, 1543, 1544, 1545, 1546 & 1547 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, On Penance, XII. On the Various Duties of the Minister, n. 831 — What of the obligation of the seal of Confession? - The seal of Confession is the religious obligation of preserving secrecy concerning those things which are known from sacramental Confession, namely of manifesting them… Read in context →
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)
88. Mental Restriction, Secret, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (16 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 the Precepts o…, On the Eighth Precept of t…, Ch. IV, Suspicion, and Rash Doubt, Appendix. On the Violation of a Secret, nn. 468, 469, 470, 471 & 472 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. II, Section 6: The Duty of Keeping Secrets, nn. ¶1–¶26 (26 passages)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tract VI: On the Virtue of…, Chapter II: On Secrecy, nn. 697, 698, 699, 700, 701 & 702 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Principles and Medical Practice: The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence
Coppens, Medical Practice, Lecture VI. The Physician’s Professional Rights and Duties, nn. ¶21, ¶22, ¶23, ¶24, ¶25 & ¶26 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. IV, II. On Injuries By Words O…, § 4. On Violation Of Secret, nn. ¶36, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180 & 181 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, APPENDIX: ON THE VIOLATION OF A SECRET, nn. ¶539, ¶540, ¶541, ¶542 & ¶543 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tractate VIII: On the Eigh…, Ch. I, Article III: On Violation of Secrecy, n. ¶1184 — 1184. DEFINITION. Secret or hidden matter in general is called whatever is occult. But here is understood whatever, either from its nature or from a special contract, must be preserved occult. DIVISION. Besides sacrament… Read in context →
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tractate VIII: On the Eigh…, Ch. I, Art. III, § 1. On Revelation of a Secret, nn. ¶1, ¶1185, ¶1186 & ¶1187 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tractate VIII: On the Eigh…, Ch. I, Art. III, § 2. On Inquiry into and Use of Another's Secret, nn. ¶1188 & ¶1189 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section E: On Truth, Question Two: On Violation of a Secret, nn. 852, 853, 854, 855 & 856 (37 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Eighth Precept of t…, Chapter V. On Violation of a Secret, nn. 323, 324, 325, 325, Q. 2, 325, Q. 3, 325, Q. 4 & 325, Q. 5 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, The Eighth Commandment, Case 2. A Professional Secret, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Philosophy: Ethics, Deontology and Natural Law
Pt. III, Ch. III, Section III. Of the keeping of Secrets without Lying, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Case L: The Medical Secret, nn. ¶1–¶17 (17 passages)
Vol. V, Case XXX: The Manifestation of a Secret, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. V, Case XXXI: An Illegitimate Child’s Question Regarding his Identity, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6 & ¶7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Guide for Catholic Young Women
Chapter LXI: On Spying and Listening, nn. ¶739, ¶740, ¶741, ¶742, ¶743, ¶744, ¶745, ¶746 & ¶747 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Chapter LXII: Obligation of Secrecy, nn. ¶748–¶762 (15 passages)
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Seventh. On the Eight…, Question Fifth. On Violation of Secret, nn. 666, 667, 668, 669 & 670 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Seventh. On the Eight…, Question Fifth. On Violati…, On the Letters of Others, nn. 671 & 672 (2 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 I — Chapter II: On Injury, or the Violation of Right, nn. 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429 & 430 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Truthfulness and Reputation (Eighth Commandment) — Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · The Roman Catechism · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)