Mass stipends and stole fees

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. I, Chapter VII. Simony, n. 4 — It is not simony to receive stipends for saying Mass according to the intention of the giver, nor to take stole fees on occasion of certain priestly ministrations. The stipends and the fees are not given as the price of … Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. III, Section V. Property Rights of Clerics, n. 1 — We do not propose to treat here of the capacity of religious to own property; that question will be best considered when we treat of the state of religious. Here we only inquire into the property rights of the secular cl… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R.

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § II, Point III. On the Ownership of Clerics, n. 780 — I. The goods of clerics are distinguished into beneficial or ecclesiastical goods and non-beneficial goods. 1. Beneficial goods are those which come to them from the endowment of a benefice. Moreover, the endowment of a … Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J.

Vol. I, On the First Precept of th…, VIII. On Simony, n. 512 — Is it simony to perform sacred functions for earning a stipend, and to receive something for the spiritual instruction of others? - R. To the first. These words are from S. Thomas, 2. 2, q. 100, aa. 2, 3: "To receive mon… Read in context →

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss — 5 passages

Vol. IV, Pt. II, Chapter IV: Simony, nn. ¶15, ¶16, ¶17, ¶18 & ¶19 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 5 passages

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tr. II, Ch. II, Art. IV, § 3, Taxes, and Offerings, nn. 279, 280, 281, 282 & 283 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 13 passages

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Sect. C, Ch. II, Question Four: On Simony, nn. 812 & 813 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J.

Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the First Precept of th…, Ch. II, Art. II, § III. On Simony, n. 218, Q. 4 — Question 4. Does a priest commit simony who exacts for a Mass a stipend above the customary tax or the tax established by the Bishop? Response. Negatively, as regards the internal forum and before God, unless he acts wit… Read in context →

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 12 passages

Slater, Cases I, The Seventh Commandment—Ju…, Case 4. An Avaricious Priest, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)