General Index of Subjects (Volumes I–III)

Treated in the Three Volumes of THE CASUIST (The Numbers Refer to Volume and Page)

Abortion, III, 265

ABSOLUTION, see also Confession

—— Absolution from Censures, I, 36; III, 336

—— Absolution of an Accomplice, III, 257

—— Absolution in Danger of Death, by newly ordained priest without jurisdiction, III, 319

—— Absolution feigned, III, 283

—— Absolution, invalid, I, 311

—— Absolution of an unconscious person, II, 197

—— Absolution to dying heretics, II, 290; III, 40

—— Absolution pronounced in absence of penitent, in case of sick calls, I, 184

Adjusting of Mass stipends, I, 63

Administering the Last Sacraments to feeble-minded, III, 218

Administration of the Holy Viaticum to one unconscious from a paralytic stroke, II, 241

Administration of the Last Sacraments to children over the age of six in danger of death, II, 169

Administration of the Last Sacraments (Incl. Viaticum) to dangerously sick children under six years of age, II, 173

Admission to Holy Orders, II, 236

Age for confirmation, II, 181

Altar of exposition, III, 298

Altars, their desecration, II, 121; III, 250, 272

Anticipating the office, II, 49; III, 35

Apparitions and phenomena, II, 212

Appropriating another’s ideas, I, 237

Arson and restitution, II, 158

Assault, II, 195

Bankruptcy, I, 171

Baptism, I, 139, 151, 243, 331; II, 24, 205, 210, 248; III, 90, 109

Baptism of child, where must it take place, I, 151

Baptism of illegitimate children, II, 205

Baptisms, conditional, II, 248

Baptized non-Catholics bound by the laws of the Church, I, 160

Baptizing an infant in the mother’s womb, I, 331

Bequest for Masses in the testament of a suicide, III, 182

Bequests for charity cancelled by court, II, 65, 86

Betrothals, see Marriage Blessing the Easter water on holy Saturday, III, 99

Burial of children, II, 294

Burial of suicides, III, 212

A celebrant with a disabled index finger, III, 143

Celebration and saying a second Mass, after breaking the fast, II, 268

Censures, I, 36, 240, 248; III, 265

Ceremonies of Holy Week, I, 17; III, 99

Churching of women after illegitimate childbirth, I, 11

Church linens, washing, II, 96

Civil laws binding in conscience, II, 86

Clergyman’s demeanor, II, 263

Cleric in minor orders acting as subdeacon, II, 29

Clerical censure, I, 44

Communion of a newly baptized convert without Confession, I, 49

Commutation of the simple vows of celibacy, I, 67

Company keeping, I, 292

Occult compensation and mental reservation, III, 288

Concealing the real value of an object, I, 198

CONFESSION, see also Absolution

—— Absolution in danger of death by young priest without jurisdiction, III, 319

—— Absolution given by mistake to a penitent who has not confessed for one who has confessed, I, 73

—— Absolving penitents without admonition, II, 112

—— An incomplete yet valid Confession, III, 156

—— A penitent’s recourse to the Sacred Penitentiary, III, 175

—— Can an indefinite and general accusation, except in a case of necessity, suffice for Confession, and is it permitted? III, 225

—— Children’s Confessions, II, 283

—— Conferring of a dispensation and the seal of Confession, I, 65

—— Outside confessor: A case from the law of regulars, I, 303

—— Confession by telephone, I, 94

—— Confession of a dying person, material and formal integrity, I, 189

—— Confession of a newly baptized convert, I, 49

—— Confession of a rebaptized convert, I, 7

—— Confession of nuns, III, 313

—— Confession at the earliest opportunity, I, 135

—— Doubtful restitution; decision of the confessor; consequences to the confessor, III, 153

CONFESSION—Continued

—— Envy as mortal sin, III, 261

—— Forgetting to give absolution, II, 228

—— Imposition in the confessional, III, 216

—— Inquiring in Confession for the name of an accomplice, I, 103

—— Jurisdiction for Confession of nuns, III, 313

—— Jurisdiction, II, 219; III, 238, 313, 318

—— Matter of absolution, I, 189, 311; III, 147

—— Misuse of General Confession by penitents of the female sex, III, 211

—— Necessity of contrition in the Sacrament of Penance, III, 196

—— Necessity of General Confession for a convert rebaptized conditionally, I, 7

—— Perfect contrition, III, 170

—— Preserving the seal of Confession by the confessor against himself, III, 324

—— Presuming jurisdiction, II, 219

—— Shortening of Confession to save a penitent’s reputation, III, 167

—— Shortening of Confessions when many penitents are waiting, III, 147

—— The Confession of a person hard of hearing, III, 194

—— The seal of Confession, II, 44; III, 324

Confirmation, II, 181

Consecration, I, 92, 131, 279, 286; III, 143, 306

Consecration doubtful, I, 131

Consecration outside of holy Mass ever valid? II, 252

Conversion on account of marriage, I, 49

Conversion through hypnotic suggestion, I, 320

Co-operation in theft, III, 94

Cooperation in non-Catholic worship, funerals, etc., I, 145; II, 185, 225

Correction, I, 208, 213

Counterfeit money, III, 296

Craniotomy, does its performance incur excommunication? III, 178

Cremation, II, 33

Defraudation, I, 31, 71

Denunciation and obligation of restitution, III, 253

Desecration of fixed and movable altars, II, 121; III, 250, 272

Desertion, II, 16

Disinheriting a son to defeat money-lenders, II, 299

Dispensation from fasting, III, 286

Dispensation from hearing Mass because proximate occasion, I, 118

Disposition of restitution money, III, 269

Dispositions required for saying Mass, I, 135

Do Christians become martyrs by dying in the voluntary service of plague-stricken patients? II, 278

Doubt before celebration, III, 240

Duties of pastor toward parishioners, I, 213; III, 309

Duties of a witness, III, 50

Duty of heirs to pay testator’s debts, II, 301; III, 118

Enmity, I, 193, 233

Epilepsy before ordination, III, 141

Errors in changing money, III, 277

Excommunication incurred by contumelious treatment of priests, etc., II, 117

Explanation of the words “no one enclosed in the mother’s womb should be baptized,” I, 331

Exposition of blessed Sacrament, I, 75; III, 298

Extreme unction, II, 81, 306; III, 156, 247

Extreme unction, rite for administration to more than one person at one time, III, 247

False accusation, II, 195

False teeth and holy Communion, III, 165

Fasting dispensation, III, 286

Favoring his poor relations by a priest in the disposition of restitution money, III, 269

Feeble-minded, III, 218

First Mass, may a votive office be taken? III, 173

Forbidden books, may they be kept in one’s possession unread? I, 83

Fraternal correction, I, 208

Frequent Communion, II, 265; III, 127

Furnishing of non-Catholic churches, II, 185

Gambling with another’s counterfeit money, and the obligation of restitution, III, 296

Giving holy Communion on Holy Saturday, III, 28

Godparents in Baptism, I, 243

Greek rite, I, 26

Heir’s duty to pay testator’s debts, III, 118

Holy week, I, 17; III, 28, 99

Hypnotism, I, 320

Hysterical scrupulousness of a nun, I, 57

Illegitimate children, II, 205

Prevention of offspring, I, 316

Incendiarism, I, 261

Incest, I, 36

Indulgenced Cross, III, 192

Indulgence for the dying, III, 71, 203

Indulgence plenary, II, 21

Insanity, II, 177

Insurance defraudation, I, 31

Interruption of Mass for an urgent sick call, I, 270

Invocation of the holy Name of Jesus indispensably required for gaining the indulgence for the dying? III, 203

Irregularity, I, 44; III, 90

Natural fast, II, 268; III, 138

Jurisdiction for Confession of nuns, III, 313

Laws of the Church binding non-Catholics, I, 160

Lawyer’s practice, II, 11

Lay confraternities forbidden in convent chapels, I, 274

Liability for damage done by one’s animal, II, 69

Low Mass on Holy Thursday, I, 17

Lying and deceiving ever permitted? III, 44

Marks of friendship toward an enemy, I, 193

MARRIAGE

—— An unbaptized marriage candidate in the confessional, II, 253

—— Assisting at non-Catholic marriage, I, 145

—— Betrothals, II, 125, 128; III, 7, 13, 60

—— Betrothals, informal, II, 125

—— Bridegroom’s rights, III, 254

—— Company keeping, I, 292

—— Concubinage, I, 277, 290; II, 100

—— Immoral condition, III, 81

—— Conversion on account of marriage, I, 49

—— Delegation, II, 100; III, 66

—— Faculties of pastor and assistants under new marriage law, III, 7, 60

—— Impediment of blood relationship, II, 58; III, 13

—— Impediment of clandestinity, II, 310

—— Impediment of spiritual relationship, II, 24, 205

—— Impediment of crime, I, 22; III, 7

—— Diriment impediment of impotence, I, 22

—— Impediment arising from disparity of religion, II, 53

—— Impediment of error, II, 166

—— Prohibitory impediment arising from betrothal, I, 128

—— Impediment of a prior bond, II, 16; III, 81

—— Impediment of fear, II, 163; III, 122

MARRIAGE—Continued

—— Impediment of mixed religion, I, 22, 180

—— Occult impediment, I, 268

—— Impediment of public propriety, III, 13

—— Prevention of offspring, I, 316

—— Interpellation in the Case Described by the Apostle, I, 177

—— Marriage by compulsion, II, 163

—— Marriage by priest without banns and Confession, I, 290

—— Marriage dispensation in a case of temporary vows, I, 268

—— Marriage in danger of death, II, 149

—— Marriages between Latin and Oriental Catholics, or of Catholics with Schismatics (Protestants), II, 130

—— Marriages in cases of emergency, II, 155

—— Ratified and unconsummated marriage, I, 155

—— May mixed marriage ever be advised? I, 100

—— Mixed marriage, I, 51, 100, 165; II, 139

—— Mixed marriages under the new decree, II, 139

—— Mutual consent, I, 22

—— Ne Temere and Catholics of the Oriental rite, II, 129

—— Nullity of a marriage owing to non-fulfilment of an imposed condition, II, 166

—— Nullity of marriage because of antecedent insanity, II, 177

—— Nullity of marriage owing to the impediment of fear, III, 122

—— Pauline privilege, I, 111, 177

—— Points regarding the new marriage legislation, III, 7

—— Practical marriage cases under the new decree, II, 133

—— A Roman Catholic marries an Oriental Schismatic, III, 86

MARRIAGE—Continued

—— Healing a marriage at its root, I, 22, 51; II, 53, 253; III, 113

—— The validity of marriages among non-Catholics of the same sect, II, 144

Mass, for whom may it be offered? I, 88; III, 182

Masses for suicides, III, 182 (Mass) Office of first Mass, III, 173

Mass said in fermented bread, I, 26

Mass said without wine, III, 76

Mass said with wine mixed with water, III, 244

Mass stipends, I, 63, 228 (Mass) When are the words “I will take the chalice of salvation” to be spoken? III, 303

May Mass be celebrated and holy Communion given at an altar upon which the blessed Sacrament is exposed? III, 298

Means by which to induce those seriously sick to receive the Sacraments, I, 77

Medical secret, I, 219

Members of Religious Orders and personal property, II, 303

Mistakes in prayers of the Mass, I, 92; III, 306

Morphine habit, I, 255

Musician’s cooperation by playing in Protestant churches, and at dances, II, 225

Name of church, may it be changed? I, 265

Near occasion with relation to company-keeping, I, 292

Near occasion with relation to going to church, I, 118

Nuns as godparents, I, 243

Nuns may not cooperate in confraternities, I, 274

Canonical obedience, II, 188

Office of subdeacon on day of ordination, III, 56

Oil of catechumens used for Extreme Unction, II, 81

Oil of the sick used for Baptism, III, 109

Ordination, II, 236; III, 141

Rite for burying children and adults, II, 294

Pastoral prudence, II, 207

Pastor’s duty toward parishioners, III, 309

Perfect contrition as valid substitute for Confession, III, 170

Personal sacrilege, II, 117

Pilferings of provisions: a case of restitution, II, 192

A possessor in good faith and the duty of restitution, III, 330

Private revelations, I, 123

Probabilism, II, 272

Who incurs the censure for procuring an abortion? III, 265

Profanation of church, II, 281

Professional secrecy, I, 219

Promise a binding contract, I, 86

Purchase of stolen goods, II, 183

Race suicide, I, 316

Railway disaster caused by mischief and duty of restitution, II, 179

Reconciliation of a church, II, 281

Repetition of Extreme Unction during same illness, II, 306

Replating an indulgenced cross allowed? III, 192

Requiem Masses in church where the blessed Sacrament is exposed, I, 75

Reserved cases, II, 231; III, 238

Reserved cases in an Order, I, 303

Responsibility for Mass stipends, I, 228

Restitution (see also special heads), I, 31, 71, 108, 171, 198, 202, 261, 272; II, 62, 69, 108, 158, 179, 183, 192, 195, 299; III, 94, 153, 160, 253, 269, 277, 296, 330, 332

Restitution by members of religious Orders, III, 160

Mental reservation, III, 288

Right of a bishop to suspend a priest without trial, I, 248

Sacred Penitentiary, III, 175

Scrupulousness, I, 57

Seal of Confession, I, 65, 73; III, 324

Occult compensation, II, 75, 108, 183; III, 288, 332

Secret societies, II, 38

Sick calls, I, 184, 189

Sick calls during Mass, I, 270

Simple vows and reserved cases, II, 231

Son’s duty toward his father, I, 233

Spiritistic seances, III, 20

Sponsorship, invalid, II, 210

Stealing ideas, I, 237

Stomach-pump, its use before and after Mass or holy Communion, III, 138

Subdeacon, II, 29; III, 56

Suicide’s bequest for Masses, III, 182

Suicide’s burial, III, 212

Superstitious faith in prayers, III, 200

Suspension, I, 44, 248; III, 90, 104

Suspicion thrown on some one else, III, 280

Tale-bearing, I, 213

Telepathic phenomena, II, 212

Threats of suicide, I, 57

Traveling salesman’s expenses, III, 332

Viaticum, see Administration Vow, definition, III, 292

Vow of celibacy, I, 67, 268

Vows, simple and reserved cases, II, 231

Vow to enter an Order, I, 257

When in holy Mass are the words “I will take the chalice of salvation” to be spoken? III, 303

Who incurs the censure for procuring an abortion that takes effect? III, 265

Witness, his duty, III, 50