A Topic of Moral Theology
What may be owned
Life reserved to God; the fruits of one's labour and thought; no property in persons; animals and the earth.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Dominion (Dominium) · Goods · Ownership · Servitude · Life · Reputation · Thing, object of right · Author · Collectivism · Finder · Principal rights in a thing · Slavery · Summaries · The life of man is subject to the supreme dominion of God · Thing
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Chapter II. Objects of Ownership, nn. 1, 3 & 4 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point I, II. On the Objects of Ownership, nn. 765 & 766 (2 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…, First Part. On the Nature …, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On the Object of Dominion, nn. 537, 538, 539, 540 & 541 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter I: On the Existence of Right, nn. 32, 33, 34 & 35 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Chapter III: On the Object of Right, nn. 383, 384 & 385 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On the object of dominion, nn. ¶1, ¶591, ¶592, ¶593, ¶594 & ¶599 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Three: On the Object of Right and Dominion, nn. 166, 167, 168, 169 & 170 (35 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. II, Disputation II: On the Acq…, Question III: On the acquisition of dominion over irrational creatures, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Objects of Ownership — Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)