A Topic of Moral Theology

The Ownership of Sons Under Family Power

What a wife and a son under the father's power may own, and what they may dispose of.

In the index as Children · Goods (Bona) · Children of a family (Filiifamilias) · Sons under paternal power · Dominion (Dominium) · Illegitimate children · Minors · Patrimonial rights of children · Sons of the family · A person of age · Emancipation · A minor · Adventitious property · Castrensian goods of children · Child of full age · Children below puberty · Emancipation of children of families · Exempted persons · Father · Gain · Insane persons · Legitimate child · Legitimate children · Legitimation of a child

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter First. On Ownership, Question Second. On Owners…, Article Third. On the Ownership of Sons Under Family Power, nn. 372, 373, 374 & 375 (4 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 Justice and Ri…, First Part. On the Nature …, Ch. II, Art. I, § II, Point I. On the Dominion of Children Under Paternal Power, nn. 543, 544, 545, 546 & 547 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter I: On the Existence of Right, nn. 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149 & 150 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. II, Art. II, § 1. On Children Under Family Power, nn. 373, 374 & 375 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Article II. On The Dominion Of Children Of Families, nn. 26 & 27 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § 1. On The Dominion Of Children Of Families According To Roman Law, n. 28 — 28. According to Roman law, the following principles were established by theologians: 1. The son has full dominion of castrensian and quasi-castrensian goods. 2. The son of a family indeed has direct dominion of adventit… Read in context →

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the subject of dominion, nn. ¶601, ¶602, ¶603 & ¶604 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Four: On the Subj…, Article I: On the Dominion of Children Under Parental Power, nn. 175, 176, 177, 178 & 179 (40 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Subject and Object …, On the ownership of wives and of sons under family power, nn. 1–57 (57 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Ownership Generally — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Koch–Preuss · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)