A Topic of Moral Theology
The Subjects of Law Generally
Who is bound by a human law: the subjects of the lawgiver who have the use of reason.
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In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book Third. On Laws, Fourth Question. On The Su…, First Article. On The Subject Itself Of Law, nn. 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149 & 150 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book Third. On Laws, Fourth Question. On The Su…, Article Second. On Ecclesiastical Domicile., nn. 151 & 152 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. V, § II. On the Subjects of Law Generally, nn. 124, 125 & 126 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. V, § III. On Some Subjects of Law Specifically, nn. 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 & 132 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 4. Human Law, Those Subject to Law, nn. 387 & 388 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. III, Art. III, § 1. On Infants and Impuberes as Subjects of Law, nn. 188, 189 & 190 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. III, Art. III, § 2. On the Legislator Himself as Subject to His Own Laws, nn. ¶40, 191 & 192 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Sixth Part: On Ecclesiasti…, Second Question: On the Po…, Article V: On the Subjects of Ecclesiastical Law, n. 355 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. III, Pt. I, Chapter IV. On the Subject of Law, n. 78 — Principle. Every man is born and remains subject to the natural law; but by human law only subjects are bound, provided they are habitually possessed of reason. The reason for the first is that, as St. Thomas says, 1-2, q. 91, art.… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Who is bound by a law — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Slater, Cases I · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)