A Topic of Moral Theology
To Whom Restitution is to be Made
The creditor of restitution: the injured party, his heirs, and what to do when the owner is doubtful or unknown — including what is owed to the poor and to pious causes.
The works themselves ask 20 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
can't find the owner to repay · who do i pay back (ed.)
In the index as Restitution · Debts (Debita) · Circumstances of restitution · Creditors · Cession of Goods (Cessio bonorum) · Owner Of A Thing · The poor · Composition · Debtor (Debitor) · Surrender of goods · *Dominus incertus* in restitution · Administrator · Contracted debts · Damager · Debt · Doubt · Insurance · Loan for consumption (mutuum) · Merchants (Mercatores) · Mortgage · Mortgage creditors · Order · Order in general · Ownerless objects
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Third. On the Repa…, Question Fifth. On the Cir…, Article Third. How Restitution Must Be Made, nn. 509, 510, 511 & 512 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. III, Ch. V, Section I. To Whom Restitution is to be Made, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. II, Ch. II, Article III. The Person to whom Restitution Is to Be Made, nn. 1010 & 1011 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)
74. On Mutuum, n. 14 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
84. To Whom Restitution Must Be Made, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XXVIII. To Whom Restitution is to be Made, nn. 1420, 1421, 1422 & 1423 (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…, Third Part. On Restitution, Sect. I, Ch. III, Article II. To Whom Must Restitution Be Made?, nn. 699, 700 & 701 (10 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 III: On Restitution, nn. 552, 553, 554, 555 & 556 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Sect. 10, A. Restitution in General, Article 3: The Circumstances of Restitution, nn. ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12, ¶13, ¶14 & ¶15 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. IV, Art. III, § 1. To Whom Restitution Is To Be Made, nn. 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235 & 236 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. III, OR ON RESTITUTION, CHAPTER IV: On Those to Whom Restitution Must Be Made, nn. ¶1 & ¶2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. III, OR ON RESTITUTION, Ch. IV, ARTICLE I: To Whom Restitution Must Be Made, nn. ¶1, ¶997, ¶998 & ¶999 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. III, OR ON RESTITUTION, Ch. IV, ARTICLE II: To Whom Restitution Must Be Made First, n. ¶1000 — 1000. If a debtor can satisfy all his creditors, no order necessarily must be observed in restoring. Otherwise, the order of creditors must be observed (III, 684). Cf. Lessius, l. 2, c. 15; Lugo, disp. 20, s. 1-7. This o… Read in context →
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. III, OR ON RESTITUTION, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 1. ORDER OF CREDITORS FROM POSITIVE LAW, nn. ¶1001, ¶1002 & ¶1003 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. III, OR ON RESTITUTION, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 2. ORDER OF COMMON CREDITORS FROM NATURAL LAW, nn. ¶1, ¶1004, ¶1005 & ¶1006 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, THIRD PART: ON RESTITUTION, Ch. III, ARTICLE II: TO WHOM IS RESTITUTION TO BE MADE?, nn. ¶782, ¶783 & ¶784 (3 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 I: On Him to Whom Restitution Must Be Made, nn. ¶1, 320, 321, 322 & 323 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. III, Sect. I, Ch. III, Article II. To Whom Restitution is to be Made, nn. 448 & 449 (2 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 Act of Commutative …, To which of several creditors must restitution be made first?, nn. 1–30 (30 passages)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. II, Chapter III — On those to whom restitution ought to be made; and on the order to be observed in restitution, nn. I & III (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Question IV: To whom restitution is to be made, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, Restitution, Case 3. A Tipster's Obligations, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Circumstances of Restitution — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)