A Topic of Moral Theology
Use of the fruits of a benefice
Decent support; the surplus for the poor and pious causes; whether restitution is owed.
The works themselves ask 11 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter VI. Benefices, nn. 4 & 5 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Bk. III, Diss. VI, Chapter VII — On the restitution owed by Beneficiaries on account of the omission of the divine office, nn. I–XIV (14 passages)
Diss. III, Chapter VII — Beneficiaries are bound out of justice, and not only out of charity, to dispense all superfluous things to the poor, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII & VIII (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Benefices — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · The Casuist · Decretum of Gratian · Decretals of Gregory IX · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)