A Topic of Moral Theology
Unjust Possessors
Unjust Possessors, as treated in Wouters (§ I. On Unjust Possessors).
The works themselves ask 8 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
having something that belongs to someone else · possessing stolen goods · receiving stolen property · unjust possession (ed.)
In the index as Possessor of another's thing · Faith · Testamentary heirs · Associations of workers · Expenses · Fruits · Industrial fruits · Justice · Ministers · Prince · Restitution · Robbery · Voluptuary expenses
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § I. On Unjust Possessors, n. 982 — Preliminary note I. Another's thing can be possessed in two ways, in itself and in equivalent. It is said to be possessed in equivalent when someone no longer possesses it, but nevertheless from it as such has become ric… 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)
80. Restitution from Unjust Acceptance and from a Thing Received, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (17 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 Two: Concerning t…, Article III: On Unjust Taking Together with Detention of the Thing, nn. 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307 & 308 (39 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. II, Chapter I — The notion of restitution, and the principles from which it proceeds. Tardy debtors and their confessors are admonished, nn. XII & XIX (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Why restitution is owed — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)