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Front matter — The Casuist

Contents (as printed) (Volume III)

I. Some Points Regarding the New Marriage Legislation — p. 7

II. Concerning Espousals — p. 13

III. Is It Lawful to Assist at Spiritistic Seances? — p. 20

IV. Giving Holy Communion on Holy Saturday — p. 28

V. Anticipating Matins and Lauds at Two o’Clock — p. 35

VI. Absolving Non-Catholics — p. 40

VII. Is It Ever Permitted to Tell a Lie? — p. 44

VIII. Duties of a Witness — p. 50

IX. What Office Must a Subdeacon Say on the Day of His Ordination? — p. 56

X. Betrothal and Marriage under the New Law — p. 60

XI. Delegation Regarding Marriages — p. 66

XII. The Papal Blessing at the Point of Death — p. 71

XIII. Saying Mass without Wine — p. 76

XIV. A Marriage Case Recently Decided by Rome — p. 81

XV. A Roman Catholic Marries an Oriental Schismatic — p. 86

XVI. Irregularity Arising from Rebaptizing — p. 90

XVII. Co-operators in Theft — p. 94

XVIII. Blessing the Easter Water on Holy Saturday — p. 99

XIX. Suspension Incurred by the Very Fact — p. 104

XX. Using the Oil of the Sick in Baptism — p. 109

XXI. Healing a Marriage at Its Root — p. 113

XXII. An Heir’s Duty to Pay a Testator’s Debts — p. 118

XXIII. Nullity of Marriage Owing to the Impediment of Fear — p. 122

XXIV. Frequent Communion — p. 127

XXV. Use of Stomach-Pump before and after Holy Communion — p. 138

XXVI. Epilepsy before Ordination — p. 141

XXVII. A Celebrant with a Disabled Index Finger — p. 143

XXVIII. Shortening of Confessions When Many Penitents Are Waiting — p. 147

XXIX. Doubtful Restitution; Decision of the Confessor; Consequences to the Confessor — p. 153

XXX. An Incomplete, Yet Valid Confession; Extreme Unction Not Repeated after Its Invalid Reception — p. 156

XXXI. Restitution by Members of Religious Orders — p. 160

XXXII. False Teeth and Holy Communion — p. 165

XXXIII. Shortening of Confession to Save a Penitent’s Reputation — p. 167

XXXIV. Perfect Contrition — p. 170

XXXV. The Office of the First Mass — p. 173

XXXVI. A Penitent’s Recourse to the Sacred Penitentiary — p. 175

XXXVII. Does the Performance of Craniotomy Incur Excommunication? — p. 178

XXXVIII. Can a Bequest for Masses in the Testament of a Suicide Be Executed? — p. 182

XXXIX. Replating an Indulgenced Cross — p. 192

XL. Regarding the Confession of a Person Hard of Hearing — p. 194

XLI. Necessity of Contrition in the Sacrament of Penance — p. 196

XLII. Superstitious Faith in Prayers — p. 200

XLIII. Is the Invocation of the Holy Name of Jesus Indispensably Required for Gaining the Indulgence for the Dying? — p. 203

XLIV. Misuse of General Confession by Penitents of the Female Sex — p. 211

XLV. The Burial of Suicides — p. 212

XLVI. Imposition in the Confessional — p. 216

XLVII. Administering the Last Sacraments to the Feeble-Minded — p. 218

XLVIII. Can an Indefinite and General Accusation, Except in a Case of Necessity, Suffice for Confession, and Is It Permitted? — p. 225

XLIX. Jurisdiction — p. 238

L. Doubt before Celebration — p. 240

LI. Wine Mixed with Water Consecrated — p. 244

LII. Rite of Extreme Unction, When Several Persons Are to Receive It at the Same Time — p. 247

LIII. Reconsecration of a Portable Altar — p. 250

LIV. Must an Informer Make Restitution for the Injury Caused by His Denunciation? — p. 253

LV. A Difficult Case Presented by the Confession of a Bride — p. 254

LVI. Does the Reservation of Absolution of an Accomplice Extend to the Case of One Who Had Transgressed before Ordination? — p. 257

LVII. Envy as Mortal Sin — p. 261

LVIII. Who Incurs the Censure for Procuring an Abortion That Takes Effect? — p. 265

LIX. Favoring Poor Relatives in the Disposition of Restitution Money — p. 269

LX. Some Remarks about the Portable Altar and Its Desecration — p. 272

LXI. Errors in Changing Money — p. 277

LXII. Throwing Suspicion on Some One Else — p. 280

LXIII. Feigning Absolution — p. 283

LXIV. Dispensation from Fasting — p. 286

LXV. Occult Compensation and Mental Reservation — p. 288

LXVI. Incorrect Definition of Vow — p. 292

LXVII. Gambling with Another’s Counterfeit Money, and the Obligation of Restitution — p. 296

LXVIII. May Mass Be Celebrated, and Holy Communion Given, at an Altar upon Which the Blessed Sacrament Is Exposed — p. 298

LXIX. When in Holy Mass Are the Words “I Will Take the Chalice of Salvation” to Be Spoken? — p. 303

LXX. How May Mistakes Made in the Prayers of the Mass Be Remedied? — p. 306

LXXI. How Should a Parish Priest Act towards an Apostate Parishioner Who Is Seriously Ill? — p. 309

LXXII. Jurisdiction to Hear Confessions of Nuns — p. 313

LXXIII. Absolution in Danger of Death — p. 318

LXXIV. Preserving the Seal of Confession by the Confessor against Himself — p. 324

LXXV. A Possessor in Good Faith and the Duty of Restitution — p. 330

LXXVI. A Traveling Salesman’s Expenses — p. 332

LXXVII. Concerning Absolution from Censures — p. 336