A Topic of Moral Theology

Usurping ecclesiastical property (Can. 2346)

The censure on usurping or converting ecclesiastical goods.

Penalty for Property Rights of the Church — in Who May Own Property

In the index as Lease · Census · Ecclesiastical goods · Fruits · Justice · Offerings of the faithful · Religious · Simony

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, C.—Excommunications Simply Reserved to the Holy See, nn. 24 & 25 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

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)

167. Usurpation of Ecclesiastical Goods, nn. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, Third Part. On Restitution, Sect. II, Ch. III, Art. III, § I. On Ecclesiastical Goods, nn. 750 & 751 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, On Ecclesiastical Censures, n. 1193 — 1193. IX. "If anyone, against the prescription of can. 120, has dared to drag before a lay judge... another Bishop (namely not his own Ordinary), even merely titular, or an Abbot or Prelate nullius, or one from among the… Read in context →

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Slater, Cases I, The Seventh Commandment—Ju…, Case 1. An Ingenious Verger, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Excommunications Simply Reserved to the Holy See — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)