A Topic of Moral Theology

Vindicative Penalties

Penalties that punish rather than heal: in general, common, and those peculiar to clerics.

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deposition · infamy of law · privation of office · vindicative penalty · vindictive penalties (ed.)

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In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. II, Chapter IV. Ecclesiastical Penalties, n. 1 — CERTAIN ecclesiastical penalties resemble censures in some respects, and it will be convenient to say a word about them here. Deposition is an ecclesiastical penalty by which a cleric as a punishment for grave crime is f… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. II, Section I. On Vindicative Penalties in General, n. 889 — I. Notion. Vindicative penalties are those which tend directly to the expiation of the delict, so that their remission does not depend on the cessation of the delinquent's contumacy (canon 2286). II. Division. A vindicat… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. II, Section II. On Common Vindicative Penalties, n. 890 — From canon 2291, the vindicative penalties which can affect all the faithful according to the gravity of delicts, in the Church, especially, are: I. A local interdict and an interdict against a community or college, in p… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. II, Section III. On Vindicative Penalties Peculiar to Clerics, n. 891 — From canon 2298, the vindicative penalties which are applied to clerics alone are: I. Prohibition of exercising the sacred ministry except in a certain church. II. Suspension in perpetuity, or for a predefined time, or a… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. III, Section II. On Suspensions which Are Vindicative Penalties, n. 901 — I. Until the Holy See has dispensed them, the following are suspended by the law itself: the Bishop consecrating someone as Bishop, the assisting Bishops or, in place of Bishops, the assisting priests, and the one who re… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. IV, On Censures, III. On Suspension, n. 1132 — What are deposition and degradation? Deposition and degradation are usually placed under suspension because of the similarity which they have with it, since each is removal from ecclesiastical order, jurisdiction, and be… Read in context →

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, On Ecclesiastical Censures, nn. 1228, 1229, 1230 & 1231 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

The 1917 Code of Canon Law

Sect. II, Title IX: Of Vindicative Penalties, cann. 2286, 2287, 2288, 2289 & 2290 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Sect. II, Tit. IX, Chapter I: Of Common Vindicative Penalties, cann. 2291, 2292, 2293, 2294, 2295, 2296 & 2297 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Sect. II, Tit. IX, Chapter II: Of Peculiar Vindicative Penalties of Clerics, cann. 2298, 2299, 2300, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304 & 2305 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Defamation, n. 2051 — Meaning of the Expression “Infamous in a Certain Place.”—(a) The place referred to is either a closed community (e.g., a monastery, a college, a family) or an open community (e.g., a village, a neighborhood, a parish, a … Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Censures and Ecclesiastical Penalties — Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)