A Topic of Moral Theology
Baptism of Desire
Baptism of Desire, as treated in Wouters (Scholion I. On Baptism of Desire).
Also asked about as…
implicit desire for baptism · invincible ignorance and salvation · saved without being baptized · unbaptized catechumen dies (ed.)
In the index as Baptism · Blood · Desire · Martyrdom · Means · Precept · Spirit · Vow
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. IV, Sect. I, Scholion I. On Baptism of Desire, nn. 63, 64, 65, 66 & 67 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Baptism, n. 391 — Baptism of Water Can Be Supplied by Baptism of Desire. “To your inquiry We respond thus: the priest whom you signified to have ended his last day without the water of Baptism, because he persevered in the faith of Holy Mother Church and in the confession of the name of Chris… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Baptism, Question Three: On the Necessity of Baptism, nn. ¶1, 133, 134 & 135 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Necessity of Means — Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)