A Topic of Moral Theology
Absolution from unreserved censures (Can. 2253)
How unreserved censures are absolved in and out of confession.
In the manuals
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, E.—Excommunications Reserved to No One, n. 1 — From a censure which is not reserved any confessor in the tribunal of Penance, and outside the tribunal of Penance anyone who has jurisdiction over the culprit in the external forum can give absolution (Can. 2253).Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Excommunications Reserved to No One — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)