A Topic of Moral Theology
Blessings
Blessings, as treated in Noldin (Article Second. On the Effects of Sacramentals).
The works themselves ask 5 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Blessings · Blessing · Agnus Dei · Bishop · Consecrations · Altars · Betrothals · Blessing the Easter water on holy Saturday · Ceremonies of Holy Week · Churching of women after illegitimate childbirth · Desecration of fixed and movable altars · Diaconate · Exorcism · Holy Week · Medal · Pastor · Profanation of church · Reconciliatio ecclesiae · Reconciliation of a church · Roman Pontiff · Sacramentals · Scapular medal · Things · Water
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book First. On the Sacrame…, Question Fifth. On Sacrame…, Article Second. On the Eff…, Section 1. On Blessings, n. 52 — 52. Notion and division. 1. A blessing is a prayer moving another to confer some good on someone. One blessing is called lay, which is made by a secular person, especially if he has some title over the thing or person to… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Fifth Part: On the Number …, Appendix: On the Ceremonie…, Article II: On Sacramentals, nn. 107, 108, 109 & 110 (32 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Case II: Churching of Women After Illegitimate Childbirth, nn. ¶1–¶19 (19 passages)
Vol. II, Case LXVII: The Reconcilia…, Although Objectively Not Necessary, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Case XVIII: Blessing the Easter Water on Holy Saturday, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Case LIII: Reconsecration of a Portable Altar, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5 & ¶6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. V, Case LXXVII: The Scapular Medal, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Sacramentals — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)