A Topic of Moral Theology
The Fictitious Oath
The Fictitious Oath, as treated in Wouters (Scholion. On the Fictitious Oath).
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
fake oath · oath without meaning it · pretending to swear (ed.)
In the index as Oath · Lying · Annulment · Annulment of a vow · Cessation · Commutation · Dispensation · Fear · Fiction · Interpretation · Null contract · Obligation
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. III, Ch. II, Scholion. On the Fictitious Oath, nn. 691, 692, 693 & 694 (4 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 III: On the Obligation of a Promissory Oath, nn. ¶1, 755, 756, 757 & 758 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, Volume III: On the Decalogue
Diss. I, Chapter III — Propositions are reviewed which, holding the oath cheap, the Church has proscribed. Innocent XI condemned them, n. 15 — 15. When there is a just cause, it is lawful to swear without intending that one should be believed, whether the matter be light or grave.Read in context →
Diss. II, Chapter IV — What the obligation of a promissory oath is. It is compared with the obligation of a vow. What intention, or resolve, is required in a promissory oath. To swear without the intention of swearing is always a mortal sin, nn. XIV, XVII & XVIII (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Diss. III, Equivocal, Ambiguous, and Amphibologi…, Chapter V — How opportune Augustine's teaching is for settling the controversy concerning the deceitful oath will be made plain from the following propositions, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII & IX (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. IV, Disputation VI: On the Oath, Question X: What sin it is to swear deceitfully, nn. 1–45 (45 passages)
Tr. IV, Disputation VI: On the Oath, Question XIV: Whether deceitful oaths bind, nn. 1–47 (47 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Promissory oaths — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)