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A Topic of Moral Theology

Violation of Secret

What a secret is, how it binds, and when it may be disclosed.

The works themselves ask 9 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

In the index as Secret · Secrets · Letters · Natural · Revelation of a secret · Revelation · Violation · Knowledge · Official · Opening of letters · Committed · Confession · Dictograph · Excusing causes · Fidelity in guarding a secret · Manifestation · Opening · To read another's letters · Use

In the manuals

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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 5 passages

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Seventh. On the Eight…, Question Fifth. On Violation of Secret, nn. 666, 667, 668, 669 & 670 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. — 13 passages

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 6. The Remaining Pote…, Violation of Secret, nn. 2408, 2409, 2410, 2411, 2412, 2413, 2414, 2415, 2416, 2417, 2418, 2419 & 2420 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 13 passages

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter II: On Injury, or the Violation of Right, nn. 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429 & 430 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss — 11 passages

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. II, Section 6: The Duty of Keeping Secrets, nn. ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 37 passages

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section E: On Truth, Question Two: On Violation of a Secret, nn. 852, 853, 854, 855 & 856 (37 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 7 passages

Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Eighth Precept of t…, Chapter V. On Violation of a Secret, nn. 323, 324, 325, 325, Q. 2, 325, Q. 3, 325, Q. 4 & 325, Q. 5 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Kinds of secrets — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Coppens, Medical Practice · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Slater, Cases I · Deshon, Guide — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)