A Topic of Moral Theology

Testamentary Succession

Testamentary Succession, as treated in Wouters (II. On Testamentary Succession).

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inheritance by will · making a will · wills and testaments (ed.)

In the index as Heir · Testament · Succession · Legacy · Inheritance · Succession of inheritance · Substitution · A testator · Acceptance · Children · Disinheritance · Fideicommissum · Inventory · Legitimate portion · Legitime · Support · Testamentary heirs · Unworthy · A last will · Burdens · Cause exempting and excusing from law · Change · Codicil · Codicil of a testament

In the manuals

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point V, II. On Testamentary Succession, nn. 818, 819, 820, 821 & 822 (5 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. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § II, Point II. On Testators and Heirs, nn. 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827 & 828 (38 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. IV, Ch. II, Art. I, § 2, 3. On Donation by Testament, nn. 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278 & 279 (7 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. II, Question Three: On Testament, n. 494 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. II, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § II. On Testators and Heirs, nn. 512, 513, 513, Q. 2, 513, Q. 3 & 513, Q. 4 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. II, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § III. On Testamentary Dispositions, n. 514 — Testamentary dispositions are codicil, legacy, and substitution, concerning which it will suffice to note the following. I. A codicil, or little codex, is called a disposition of last will by which something concerning a… Read in context →

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. V, Chapter VII — On necessary heirs, and their substitution, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX & X (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. II, Disputation XI: On Testame…, Question I: What a testament is, and of how many kinds, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Wills — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · The Casuist · Decretals of Gregory IX · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)