Trading and lawsuits on Sunday

Public trading, judicial proceedings, oaths (Can. 1248); English law.

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doing business on sunday (ed.)

In the index as Sunday · Trading · Action · Charity · Clerics · Fairs · Forensic works · Judicial acts · Markets · Merchants · Noise · Observation of feasts · Piety · Purchase · Sale · Servile work · Sunday to be kept holy · War · Works

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J.

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. III, Chapter II. Servile Work, n. 3 — Public trading is also forbidden on Sundays, as well as judicial proceedings in the exercise of contentious jurisdiction, and the solemn and public taking of oaths (Can. 1248). English municipal law goes farther than the… Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P.

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)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 4 passages

Vol. I, On the Third Precept of th…, II. On the Prohibition of Servile Works, nn. 657, 658, 659 & 660 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S.

Vol. II, On the Virtue of Religion …, Chapter III: On the Sanctification of Sunday, n. 1040 — 1040. (B) Forensic works are also prohibited: (a) judicial acts of the forum, whether civil or ecclesiastical, which are done with noise, for example, to cite parties, examine witnesses, exact a judicial oath, pronounce … Read in context →

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss — 2 passages

Vol. IV, Pt. III, Chapter II: The Observance of Sundays and Holydays of Obligation, nn. ¶26 & ¶27 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 3 passages

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section B: On the Acts of …, Ch. II, Question Two: On the Observance of Feasts, n. 687 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Gaudentius Bontempi of Brescia, O.F.M. Cap. — 28 passages

Tr. IV, Disputation VIII: On the O…, Q. V, Sole Doubt: Which works are forbidden on a feast by canon law, nn. 1–28 (28 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Servile Work — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases I · The Roman Catechism · The Casuist · Spirago · Deshon, Guide — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)