A Topic of Moral Theology
The Duties of Certain Professions
Notaries, scribes, apparitors and the like: what their office requires of them in conscience.
The works themselves ask 14 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Various offices: judge · Notary · Apparitor · Judge cooperating with an unjust law · Guards · Office, what it is · Advocate · Artisans · Bailiffs · Declaratory, decisive sentence · Juror, cooperating with an unjust law · Physician · Scribe · Secretary · Canonical, civil order of judgments · Custodians · Denunciation · Merchants · Privilege of forum · Procurator at law · Acceptance required in contracts · Accuser · Apostolic Signatura · Arbitrator
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 2. Duties of Members …, The Duties of Certain Professions, n. 2651 — Duties of Certain Professions. Duties of Certain Professions.—(a) Judges and Lawyers.—The duties of men of the law were discussed already in 1940 sqq. Clients on their part owe their lawyers fair treatment and just compensation for services, while tho… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, V. On Notaries, Scribes, Apparitors, nn. 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 & 58 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, X. On Guards, Merchants, and Artisans, n. 94 — What are the obligations of guards, merchants, and artisans? - Guards are those who are set over the custody of woods, fields, etc., by the Prince or by a private master. Merchants are all those who exercise commerce by … Read in context →
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. II, Treatise on Particular Sta…, Part First. On the State o…, Chapter IV. On the Obligations of Scribes and Notaries, nn. 20 & 21 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Chapter VII: On Offices, nn. 506–533 (28 passages)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXXII: On the Notary and the Scrivener, n. 1 — SINCE from the process of judgments, both private and public advantages are wont to accrue, either to the actor or to the commonwealth; therefore in forensic matters one must act with that caution that provision be made … Read in context →
Tr. I, Disputation XXXII: On the …, Sole Question: On the justice or injustice of the notary and the scrivener, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Duties of Certain Laymen — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Tanquerey · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)