A Topic of Moral Theology

Those Subject to Civil Law

Those Subject to Civil Law, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 6. Civil Law).

In the index as Law (Lex) · Ecclesiastical Immunity (Immunitas Ecclesiastica) · Clerics (Clerici) · Domicile · The Insane (Amentes) · Age (Aetas) · Boy (Puer) · Domicile and Quasi-Domicile (Domicilium et quasi-domicilium) · Excommunicated person (Excommunicatus) · Extension of law · Heretics (Haeretici) · Pilgrim · Strangers · Vagrants · A drunken man is held to positive law · Act (Actus) · Apostate from the faith is held to the laws of the Church · Bishop (Episcopus) · CIVIL law · Children · Citizen · Concordats · Departure from the territory of the legislator removes the obligation of law · Domicile, quasi-domicile

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 6. Civil Law, Those Subject to Civil Law, n. 550 — Those Subject to Civil Law. Those Subject to Civil Law.—Civil laws oblige all those who are in any way subject to their authority. (a) Citizens, when in the country, are bound by all the laws that pertain to them; when outside the country, they are… Read in context →

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. I, Treatise On Laws, Part One. On Laws in General, Ch. III, Article II. On the Subject of Law, nn. 91, 92, 93, 94 & 95 (32 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. IV, Article II: To Whom the Obligation of Law Extends, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4 & ¶193 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 1. On Children and Others Lacking the Use of Reason, nn. ¶194, ¶195 & ¶196 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 2. On Unbelievers and Heretics, nn. ¶197 & ¶198 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 3. On Regulars and Clerics, nn. ¶1, ¶199, ¶200, ¶201 & ¶202 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 4, Travelers, and Wanderers, nn. ¶1, ¶203, ¶204, ¶205, ¶206, ¶207 & ¶208 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 5. On the Legislator, n. ¶209 — 209. There is a twofold genus of legislators. For some, as the Pope, a bishop, a monarch properly so called, enjoy absolute authority. Others, as senators, deputies, and the king himself in representative government, mak… Read in context →

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON LAWS, FIRST PART: ON LAWS IN GEN…, Ch. III, ARTICLE II: ON THE SUBJECT OF LAW, nn. ¶109, ¶110, ¶111, ¶112, ¶113, ¶114, ¶115, ¶116 & ¶117 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Section B: On the Laws Whi…, Fourth Part: On Human and …, Second Question: On the Po…, Article III: On the Subjects of Civil Law, nn. ¶1, 290, 291 & 292 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The divisions of law — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)