A Topic of Moral Theology
Trading
Buying in order to sell dearer: when trade is lawful, and what gain it may take.
The works themselves ask 12 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Trading · Clerics · Exchange · Negotiation · Cleric · Contract · Merchants · Missionaries · Purchase · Religious · Sale · Servile work
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed to Commutative and Distributive Justice, Trading, nn. 2134 & 2135 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 1. The Duties of Members of the Church, Trading, n. 2604 — The Prohibition against Trading. The Prohibition against Trading.—(a) Meaning.—Trading as here understood is purely gainful merchandizing (i.e., buying an article at a lower price in order to sell it unchanged at a higher price) or industrial merchandiz… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the Third Precept of th…, II. On the Prohibition of Servile Works, n. 657 — Are other works also prohibited? - This precept, insofar as it is negative, prohibits not only all servile works, but also civil works, namely market-trade and public negotiation of merchandise, and three forensic things… Read in context →
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XII. On Sale and Purchase, nn. 1184, 1185 & 1186 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, II. On the Negative Obligations of Clerics, n. 182 — Is trade lawful for clerics? - Trade properly so called is interdicted to clerics constituted in sacred orders, and to all religious, so that they sin gravely if they devote much labor to trade. Trent s. 22, c. 1 de R.; … Read in context →
Vol. IV, On the Constitution *Apostolicae Sedis*, n. 1218 — An excommunication has accrued to the constitution Apostolicae Sedis, reserved to no one, against missionaries giving work to business and trade, and against their immediate superiors who have not punished delinquents, a… Read in context →
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)
99. On Commerce and Trading, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. III, Question One: On Purchase …, Article VI: On Exchange and Trading, nn. ¶1, 537, 538 & 539 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Duties of Clerics, Case 6. Trading, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Stock-Exchange Dealings — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Slater, Questions — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)