A Topic of Moral Theology

Travellers and Pilgrims (peregrini)

The peregrinus who is outside the place of his domicile: which laws of the place bind him, which laws of home he carries, and the privileges of those on pilgrimage.

Also asked about as…

away from home · on holiday · travelling on sunday (ed.)

In the index as Pilgrims · Jurisdiction · Stranger · Law · Travelers · Domicile · Reservation · Inhabitant · Bishop · Chastity · Departure from the territory · Domicile, quasi-domicile · Quasi-domicile · Regulars · Reserved case · Sepulcher · Subjects of law · Vagrants (persons without domicile) · Vow · Wanderer · Wanderers · Absent person · Absolution from reserved cases · Acquisition

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. III, Q. I, Article II. On Jurisdiction., n. 339 — 339. Assertions. 1. Jurisdiction, since it is a power over a subject, cannot be exercised except over a subject; but now, if we set aside the supreme pontiff, whose subject one becomes by entering the Church of Christ, s… Read in context →

Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. III, Q. II, Art. I, Section 1. Concerning Absolution from Episcopal Cases., n. 364 — 364. When Reservation Ceases. 1. Reservation ceases by the law itself: a. In the confession of the sick, who cannot leave the house. b. In the confession of spouses, who confess for the sake of entering marriage. c. If t… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On Laws, III. On the Subject of Law, nn. 199, 200 & 201 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, On Laws, VII. On Dispensation, n. 241 — Who can dispense, and with whom? - R. To the first: Since dispensation is the relaxation of law, it is clear that it is an act of jurisdiction. Wherefore only he can dispense by ordinary power who made the law, or his su… Read in context →

Vol. I, On Laws, VIII. On Privileges, n. 253 — Can travelers enjoy the privileges of places through which they pass, even if these are against common law? R. Affirmatively. It is established from general custom.Read in context →

Vol. I, On the Second Precept of t…, IV. On Vow, nn. 619 & 620 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, On the Third and Fourth Precepts of the Church, n. 1566 — Where can travelers, vagi, soldiers, and servants satisfy the precept of Easter Communion? - Travelers and vagi can communicate in any church, nor are they held to approach the parish of the place where they are staying;… Read in context →

Vol. III, On Baptism, III. On the Minister of Baptism, n. 422 — In which parish must an infant be baptized if the parents have neither domicile nor quasi-domicile, or are distant from it? - "Pilgrims, or those who do not have domicile (vagrants), can be baptized in the church which t… Read in context →

Vol. III, On Penance, IX. On the Jurisdiction of the Confessor, n. 777 — Can a priest approved in some place receive the Confessions of travelers coming there? - Resp. In the affirmative absolutely as regards regular confessors, who have this special privilege from the Apostolic See. C. Inter… Read in context →

Vol. III, On Penance, XI. On Reservation, n. 797 — Who can absolve from reserved matters, and when? - Besides the Roman Pontiff and the Major Penitentiary, those who reserve, and those who act in their place, can absolve by ordinary right. Therefore Bishops absolve from … Read in context →

Vol. IV, On Censures, V. On Ecclesiastical Burial, n. 1150 — What is to be said about the choice of burial? All can choose burial where they prefer, although outside their parish church or cemetery, provided they do not choose the churches of nuns, and choose a religious place, or… Read in context →

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Moral Part — Chapter II: On the Confessor, nn. 380, 394 & 447 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter II: On Marriage as Sacrament, n. 860 — 860. Here, however, it is asked whether banns must be promulgated in several parishes. (A) General rules. (a) If each betrothed person has domicile or quasi-domicile in the same parish, and in that parish only, the publi… Read in context →

On the Prohibition and Censorship of Books (De prohibitione et censura librorum)

Tit. II, Ch. I, Article 37, n. 114 — The former law partly abrogated 114. 1. By the former law, by order of Alexander VII, those dwelling in the Pontifical State had to offer their books to be approved by the previous censure of the Cardinal Vicar of the Ci… Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. III, Art. III, § 3, Insofar as They Are Subject to Local Laws, nn. 193, 194, 195, 196 & 197 (5 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, nn. 357, 358 & 359 (31 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. III, Pt. I, Chapter IV. On the Subject of Law, nn. 80, Q. 3 & 80, Q. 4 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Domicile and Quasi-domicile — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Koch–Preuss · Slater, Cases I · Slater, Cases II — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)