A Topic of Moral Theology
Stock-Exchange Dealings
The works themselves ask 13 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Also asked about as…
day trading · futures · investing · shares · speculation · stock market (ed.)
In the index as Stock exchange · Contract · Gambling · A game · Bonds · Borrowing · Bourse / burse · Cleric · Clerics · Contracts · Dealing in “futures · Differential contract · Fraud · Gift · Lord's day · Lottery · Pawning · Premium contract · Relation · Religious · Speculation · Speculation in stocks and bonds · Speculations of the Exchange · Stock-exchange speculations
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Fourth. On Contracts, Question Fourth. On Aleato…, Article Fifth. On Stock-Exchange Speculations, nn. 632 & 633 (2 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, § XII, Point V. On Stock-Exchange Games, nn. 954, 955 & 956 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Contracts, n. 1879 — Sinful Contracts. Sinful Contracts.—There is no form of contract that may not be made sinful as to its substance on account of the wicked offer or consideration (e.g., sale may deal with immoral objects, labor may be given to criminal pro… Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 1. The Duties of Memb…, Stocks and Bonds, n. 2605 — Is It Lawful for Clerics to Purchase and Sell Stocks and Bonds?—(a) If this conduct has the character of gambling or trading for profit, it is forbidden by Canon 138 or 142, as the case may be, and is gravely or venially… Read in context →
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. 932, 934, 935, 936, 937 & 938 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 5: The So-Called Onerous Contracts, nn. ¶56, ¶57, ¶58, ¶59, ¶60, ¶61 & ¶62 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. IV, Ch. II, Art. III, § 5. On Stock-Exchange Speculations, nn. ¶52, 321 & 322 (3 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. V, Question Three: On Stock Exchange Speculations, nn. 603, 604 & 605 (44 passages — hover a number to read it)
Questions of Moral Theology
Slater, Questions, Deals in Options and Futures, nn. ¶299–¶330 (32 passages)
Slater, Questions, The Moral Aspect of Commercial “stockwatering”, nn. ¶331, ¶332, ¶334, ¶335, ¶336, ¶338, ¶339, ¶341, ¶342, ¶343, ¶345, ¶346, ¶348, ¶350, ¶351, ¶352, ¶354, ¶355, ¶356, ¶357, ¶358, ¶360, ¶361, ¶362, ¶364, ¶365, ¶366 & ¶367 (28 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Clerics, Case 6. Trading, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the Third Precept of th…, II. On the Prohibition of Servile Works, n. 657 — Are other works also prohibited? - This precept, insofar as it is negative, prohibits not only all servile works, but also civil works, namely market-trade and public negotiation of merchandise, and three forensic things… Read in context →
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XII. On Sale and Purchase, nn. 1184, 1185 & 1186 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, II. On the Negative Obligations of Clerics, n. 182 — Is trade lawful for clerics? - Trade properly so called is interdicted to clerics constituted in sacred orders, and to all religious, so that they sin gravely if they devote much labor to trade. Trent s. 22, c. 1 de R.; … Read in context →
Vol. IV, On the Constitution *Apostolicae Sedis*, n. 1218 — An excommunication has accrued to the constitution Apostolicae Sedis, reserved to no one, against missionaries giving work to business and trade, and against their immediate superiors who have not punished delinquents, a… 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)
99. On Commerce and Trading, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Contracts — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Slater, Cases I · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)