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A Topic of Moral Theology

Violence to other clerics and religious (Can. 2343 § 4)

The excommunication for violence against clerics and religious.

The works themselves ask 4 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

In the index as Immunity · Privilege · Privilege of the canon · Privileges · Abbot nullius · Apostasy from the faith · Arnold of Brescia · Attempted matrimony · Clerics · Due Reverence · Hand · Lawsuits · Laymen · Military Service · Papal elections · Privilege of Forum · Privilege of canon · Tonsure · Unjust striking · Violence

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 3 passages

Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, D.—Excommunications Reserved to the Ordinary, nn. 8, 9 & 10 (3 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)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 5 passages

161. On the Immunity of Ecclesiastical Persons, n. 1 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

163. Excommunication of the Canon, n. 1 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P.

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. VI, Ch. III, Art. I, § 3. On The Excommunications Existing Today, n. 523 — 523. 3. "One who has laid violent hands upon the person of other clerics (not adorned with cardinalitial or episcopal dignity) or of religious of either sex." This excommunication protects the privilege of the canon both… Read in context →

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J.

Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. II, Appendix: On the Privilege…, § I. On the Privileges of Clerics in Common, n. 602 — Clerics enjoy certain privileges from canon law, indeed according to many from divine law. All the faithful owe reverence to clerics, according to their different grades and functions, and they stain themselves with the … Read in context →

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P. — 3 passages

Diss. IV, Chapter IV — On censures severally, namely on the greater and lesser excommunication, nn. XX, XXII & XXIII (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Back to Morality

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 18 passages

Chapter XVII: Reserved Cases, nn. ¶295–¶312 (18 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Excommunications Reserved to the Ordinary — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)