A Topic of Moral Theology
What a benefice is and its dowry
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Benefice · Dower · Ecclesiastical benefice
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. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, First Book: On Persons in …, Tr. I, Ch. IV, Art. II, § 1. The Notion and Division of Benefices, nn. 59, 60 & 61 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. III, Chapter I — The notion of an ecclesiastical benefice, and the various kinds of benefices, nn. I, II, III, IV, V & VI (6 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) · 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.)