A Topic of Moral Theology
Succession Tax
Succession Tax, as treated in Wouters (II. On Succession Tax).
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
death duties · estate tax · inheritance tax (ed.)
In the index as Tributes · Fisc, that is, the public treasury or tax authority · Corruption of officials · Defrauding · Distributive justice · Fraud · Negligence · Prudence of the confessor · Public officials · Restitution · Taxation · Taxes
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Appendix II. On Legal Just…, II. On Succession Tax, nn. 1056, 1057 & 1058 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fourth Part: On Distributi…, Question Three: On Justice…, Article I: On Taxes and Tolls to Be Paid, nn. 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630 & 631 (65 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Legal Justice: Taxes, Military Service, Social Laws — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Slater, Back to Morality — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)