A Topic of Moral Theology
Suretyship (Guaranteeing a Debt)
The surety who binds himself to pay if the debtor does not: who can stand surety, his obligations and his rights.
The works themselves ask 12 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
co-signing a loan · cosigner · guarantor · standing surety (ed.)
In the index as Suretyship · Contract (Contractus) · Insurance contracts · Contracts · Expenses · Gaming · *Montes pietatis* · *Periculum sortis amittendae* · Bail · Benigni, U. · Chattels · Civil laws concerning paternal power · Contract of a debtor with creditors · Form of contracts · Francis of Assisi, St. · Hypothec · Laborers · Lateran · Leo the Tenth · Life · Linsenmann, F. X. · Mortgage · Mortgages · Obligation of a contract
Further reading On Standing Surety, Its Danger and Caution — on Ecclesiasticus 29 ↗ — Cornelius a Lapide, The Great Commentary, read off-site at lapide.org (public-domain translation) (ed.)
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § XIII, Point I. On Suretyship, nn. 959, 960, 961, 962 & 963 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the Fourth Precept of t…, III. Obligations of Spouses, n. 679 — Can a wife sometimes stand surety for the husband? - R. Affirmatively, namely so that she may provide for domestic necessities. But otherwise negatively. Thus commonly. The reason is that the former is sometimes required… Read in context →
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XVII. On Suretyship, Pledge, Settlement, nn. 1264, 1265, 1266, 1268, 1269, 1270 & 1276 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
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)
78. On Gaming, on Suretyship, on Transaction, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. I, Treatise On Contracts, Second Part. On Contracts …, Sect. II, Ch. VI, Pledge, and Hypothec, Article I. On Suretyship, nn. 936 & 937 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 6: Subsidiary Contracts, nn. ¶1–¶29 (29 passages)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. VI, Article I: Generalities Concerning Contracts, nn. 502 & 503 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON CONTRACTS, SECOND PART: ON CONTRACTS …, Ch. VI, OR ON SURETYSHIP, PLEDGE, AND HYPOTHEC, ARTICLE I: ON SURETYSHIP, nn. ¶1, ¶1032, ¶1033 & ¶1034 (4 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. VI, Only Question: On Suretyship, Pledge, and Mortgage, nn. 606, 607, 608, 609 & 610 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)
Bk. III, Title XXII: On Sureties, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Suretyship, Pledge and Hypothec — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)