A Topic of Moral Theology
Servitudes (Easements)
Rights over another’s estate: kinds of servitude and how they arise and cease.
The works themselves ask 8 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
access across a neighbour’s land · right of way (ed.)
In the index as Servitude · Ownership · Author · Condition · Consent · Dementia · Dominion · Error · Finder · Fraud · Household Members · Indians · Irregularity · Madness · Servant · Simony
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
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, n. 766 — I. A man does not have direct ownership, but he does have useful ownership, of those goods which pertain to his substance and integrity, such as life, members, and the faculties of the soul. The first is proved from Sacr… 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)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
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. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, I. On Justice Considered Generally, nn. 850, 851, 861, 862 & 863 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
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. 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 →
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, Article III. On Servitude, nn. 596 & 597 (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 I — Chapter I: On the Existence of Right, nn. 133, 134, 135, 136, 138, 139, 140 & 141 (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, n. 163 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
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)
Treated under the broader heading Limited Ownership: Usufruct, Use, Servitude, Possession — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology — this work does not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so its treatment stands one heading up (ed.)