A Topic of Moral Theology
The Occupation of Treasure
The Occupation of Treasure, as treated in Wouters (II. On the Occupation of Treasure).
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
buried treasure · finders keepers · finding treasure · who owns found treasure (ed.)
In the index as Treasure (Thesaurus) · Occupation · Civil laws concerning paternal power · Finder · Finding · Fisc · Gems · Goods
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. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point I, II. On the Occupation of Treasure, nn. 795 & 796 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. V, Art. I, § 2. On Treasure, nn. 395, 396 & 397 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Art. I, § 3. On The Occupation Of Treasure, nn. 45 & 46 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § III. On the acquisition of dominion, nn. ¶650 & ¶651 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § III. On the Acquisition of Dominion, n. 372 — I say 1st. Treasure by natural right certainly belongs to the finder, if the finder is also the owner of the land. But if treasure is found on another's land, indeed much is disputed, but a probable opinion holds that th… Read in context →
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Ways of Acquiring O…, On the ways of acquiring ownership of things that belong to no one, nn. 20–36 (17 passages)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. V, Subquestion II: What thing…, Doubt IX: What is to be restored by reason of finding, nn. 1–35 (35 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Occupation — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Coppens, Moral Philosophy — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)