A Topic of Moral Theology
The Mode of Restitution
The Mode of Restitution, as treated in Wouters (Article VI. The Mode of Restitution).
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
how to make restitution · how to return stolen goods · paying back secretly · restitution anonymously (ed.)
In the index as Restitution · Prudence of the confessor · Treasury
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. II, Ch. II, Article VI. The Mode of Restitution, n. 1016 — I. In general, any mode is sufficient by which the owner is rendered unharmed. Hence: 1. It is all the same whether restitution is made while the owner notices it or while he does not notice it, for example by increasing… Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 3. The Subjective Par…, The Circumstances of Restitution, nn. 1791 & 1792 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section A: Concerning the …, Question Three: On the Cir…, Article III: On the Mode by Which Restitution Must Be Made, nn. 326, 327 & 328 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Restitution in General — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)