A Topic of Moral Theology

Commuting Satisfaction

Commuting Satisfaction, as treated in Noldin (Question III. On Satisfaction.).

In the index as Satisfaction · Remedies · Sacramental Penance · Commutation · Omission · Confessor · Danger · Lust · Satisfaction (penance) · Almsgiving · Christian Perfection · Defect · Delay · Forgetfulness · Fulfillment of Law · Meditation · Prayers

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. II, Q. III, Article IV. On Commuting Satisfaction., nn. ¶1, 309 & 310 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Third Part: On the Parts o…, Ch. III, Question Three: On the Fulfillment of Satisfaction or On Satisfactory Works, nn. 562 & 563 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. II, Ch. III, Article II. On the Fulfillment of Sacramental Satisfaction, nn. 765, 766, 766, Q. 2, 766, Q. 3, 766, Q. 4, 766, Q. 5, 766, Q. 6, 767 & 768 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The nature of sacramental satisfaction — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Koch–Preuss · 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.)