A Topic of Moral Theology

Sinfulness of Simony

Sinfulness of Simony, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 5. The Quasi-integral and Potential Parts of Justice; the Virtue of Religion and the Opposite Vices).

In the index as Simony · Restitution

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 5. The Quasi-integral…, Sinfulness of Simony, nn. 2335, 2336, 2337, 2338, 2339, 2340, 2341, 2342 & 2343 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. X, § 1, Division, and Malice of Simony, n. 560 — 560. Moral and specific malice. a) Simony of divine law is a mortal sin against religion in its whole genus; b) simony of ecclesiastical law alone is a mortal sin from its genus. a) The first part of this proposition is … Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading The Virtue of Religion — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Rickaby, Four-Square · Slater, Religion & Human Interests — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)