A Topic of Moral Theology

The Conditions Required for an Oath

The Conditions Required for an Oath, as treated in Noldin (Question Fourth. On Oath).

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In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Question Fourth. On Oath, Article Second. On the Conditions Required for an Oath, nn. 246, 247 & 248 (3 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 the Precepts o…, On the Second Precept of t…, Ch. II, Article I. On the Conditions of an Oath, nn. 307, 308, 309, 310 & 311 (22 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. II, Ch. II, Art. I, § 1. On the Validity of an Oath, nn. ¶603 & ¶604 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. II, Art. V, § 2. On the Lawfulness of an Oath and Its Requisite Conditions, n. 444 — 444. B. Conditions required for a lawful oath. For a lawful oath three conditions are required, already enumerated above, which are customarily called the companions of an oath, and which are already indicated by Jeremia… Read in context →

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. II, ARTICLE I: ON THE CONDITIONS OF AN OATH, nn. ¶366, ¶367, ¶368, ¶369 & ¶370 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section B: On the Acts of …, Ch. IV, Question One: On Oath, Article I: On the Essence and Object of an Oath, nn. ¶1, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747 & 748 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Second Precept of t…, Ch. II, Article I. On the Conditions of an Oath, nn. 223, 224, 224, Q. 2, 224, Q. 3 & 224, Q. 4 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, Volume III: On the Decalogue

Diss. I, Chapter VIII — Under what conditions an oath is lawful; a threefold condition is necessary for it: truth, judgment, justice. Other rules of swearing are assigned by St. Thomas, nn. I, II, III & IV (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Diss. I, Chapter IX — What truth is required in an assertory oath. The defect of even the smallest truth in this oath is a mortal sin. Some little questions concerning perjury are resolved, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII & XIII (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Diss. I, Chapter X — On the defect of justice, and of judgment, in an assertory oath. Some little questions are resolved, nn. I, II, III, IV & V (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. IV, Disputation VI: On the Oath, Question IV: What is required for an oath, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. IV, Disputation VI: On the Oath, Question VI: Whether an oath made without justice is a sin, and what sin, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. IV, Disputation VI: On the Oath, Question VII: Whether an oath lacking judgment is a sin, and what sin, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading What an oath is — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Slater, Cases I · The Roman Catechism · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)