Treatise VI. On Ecclesiastical Penalties

Preliminary note. Although the discipline concerning ecclesiastical penalties properly pertains to Canon Law, nevertheless it is found in almost all modern Manuals of Moral Theology, because it is very necessary in the practice of the confessor. Therefore we too here explain ecclesiastical penalties very briefly, as a complement to the treatise on penance and for the benefit of confessors; but we omit vindicative penalties (for example, degradation and deposition) and penances, both because such penalties are very rare today and because this matter pertains solely to Canon Law. The whole treatise is divided into three chapters: 1. on ecclesiastical penalties in general; 2. on censures in general; 3. on censures in particular.

Censures and Ecclesiastical Penalties

Within this treatise

Chapter I. On Ecclesiastical Penalties In Generalnn. 469–474
- Article I. On The Notion And Division Of An Ecclesiastical Penaltynn. 469–472
- Article II. On The Author And Subject Of An Ecclesiastical Penaltynn. 473–474
Chapter II. On Ecclesiastical Censures In Generalnn. 475–497
- Article I. On The Notion And Division Of Censurenn. 475–476
- Article II. On The Author Of Censurenn. 477–480
  - § 1. On The Power Of Imposing Censuresnn. 477–479
  - § 2. On The Conditions Required In Imposing Censuresn. 480
- Article III. On The Subject Of Censurenn. 481–483
- Article IV. On The Object Of Censurenn. 484–485
- Article V. On Causes Excusing From Censuresnn. 486–489
  - § 1. On Causes Excusing From The Incurrence Of Censurenn. 486–488
  - § 2. On Causes Excusing From The Effect Of Censuren. 489
- Article VI. On Absolution From Censuresnn. 490–497
  - § 1. How Censures Are Removednn. 490–491
  - § 2. Who Can Absolve From Censuresnn. 492–494
  - § 3. What Conditions Are Required For Absolutionnn. 495–496
  - § 4. With What Rite Absolution Is To Be Givenn. 497
Chapter III. On Censures In Speciesnn. 498–537
- Article I. On Excommunicationnn. 498–526
  - § 1. On The Notion And Division Of Excommunicationnn. 498–499
  - § 2. On The Effects Of Excommunicationnn. 500–505
  - § 3. On The Excommunications Existing Todaynn. 506–526
- Article II. On Interdictnn. 527–530
  - § 1. On Interdict In Generalnn. 527–529
  - § 2. On The Interdicts In Particular Which Are In Force Todayn. 530
- Article III. On Suspensionnn. 531–537
  - § 1. On Suspension In Generalnn. 531–533
  - § 2. On Suspensions In Force Todaynn. 534–537