Who can own property

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 10 passages

Vol. I, Bk. V, Pt. III, Chapter V. Fraternal Correction, n. 3 — Our Lord not only inculcated the duty of fraternal correction, but he taught that in the first instance it was to be done in private, then in the presence of witnesses, and finally the delinquent was to be denounced to t… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. III, Section I. General Principles, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. III, Section III. Property Rights of Married Women, n. 1 — The fact that a woman marries does not of itself take away or lessen her natural capacity to possess property. Her husband is indeed the head of the family, and is presumed to be better able to administer family affairs … Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. III, Section IV. Property Rights of the Church, n. 1 — We have already seen that not only physical persons but corporations or societies can also own property. The Church is a perfect, independent, and visible society founded by Christ our Lord, and endowed by him with all t… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. III, Section V. Property Rights of Clerics, n. 1 — We do not propose to treat here of the capacity of religious to own property; that question will be best considered when we treat of the state of religious. Here we only inquire into the property rights of the secular cl… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Chapter IV. Title to Property, n. 1 — TITLE is a cause sufficient to confer property in a thing. There are several kinds of title, some derived from the natural law, others due to positive law, and others which have their effect from the will of private pers… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. IV, Section I. Occupation, n. 1 — Occupation is the taking possession of some material thing with the intention of making it one’s own. It will be a lawful title to ownership of property if the thing occupied had previously no owner, and actual possessio… Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Titles to Property, n. 1873 — The Chief Kinds or Ways of Occupation. The Chief Kinds or Ways of Occupation.—(a) Animals.—Domestic animals (e.g., dogs, cats) may not be occupied, even though they have strayed from their owner; tamed animals (e.g., bees, pigeons, songbirds) may be occupied … Read in context →

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Theft and Robbery, n. 1891 — Unauthorized Use of Another’s Funds. Unauthorized Use of Another’s Funds.—What is the guilt of one who uses for his own purposes the money of another entrusted to him for other purposes? (a) There is no theft, for it is supposed that the purpose of the user… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J.

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, I. On Justice Considered Generally, n. 838 — What is ownership? - Among the three species of justice, as has already been said, commutative justice alone is strictly and properly justice altogether. For in legal justice there is lacking distinction toward another; … Read in context →

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J.

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. II, Article I: General Matters, n. 372 — Physical and Moral Persons. I. Here on earth, all men and only men are capable of dominion and rights. Public authority can restrict this capacity on account of the common good. II. Men, however, can be considered either… Read in context →

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Anthony Konings, C.SS.R. — 10 passages

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the subject of dominion, nn. ¶600, ¶3, ¶612, ¶613, ¶4, ¶614, ¶615, ¶616, ¶617 & ¶618 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)