A Topic of Moral Theology
The minister's attention
Voluntary distraction an irreverence; what attention validity needs.
In the index as Minister · Intention · Form · Matter · Attention · Condition · Minister of sacraments · Absolution · Change · Explicit · Habitual · Implicit · Ministration of the sacraments · Nullity · Predominant intention · Sacrilege · Union
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. II, Ch. III, Section I. The Attention and Intention of the Minister, n. 1 — While administering a sacrament the minister should attend to what he is doing and remember that he is engaged in a religious function. If he voluntarily allows his mind to wander on other and profane matters, he is guil… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. I, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. I, Chapter II. On the Other Requisites, nn. ¶1, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Fourth Part: On the Cause …, Question Two: On the Minis…, Article III: On the Intention Required in the Minister for Valid Ministration, nn. ¶1, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85 (47 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Attention and Intention of the Minister — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)