A Topic of Moral Theology
Conditional Absolution
Conditional Absolution, as treated in Tanquerey (Dogmatic Part — Chapter III: On the Sacrament of Penance Itself).
The works themselves ask 17 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Absolution · Sacrament Of Penance · Penance · Condition · Cause · Formula · Intention · Probability · Rules · Sacramental absolution · Telephone · Absent person · Conditional · Conditional absolution · Confessor · Distance · Elevation · Form of the Sacrament of Penance · Half-Witted Persons · Heretics · Necessity · Penance as a sacrament · Prayer · Real presence
In the manuals
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Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)
127. Form of Penance, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (40 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. II, Treatise On the Sacrament …, First Part. On the Essence…, Ch. III, Appendix. On the Conditional Form, nn. 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438 & 439 (32 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Dogmatic Part — Chapter III: On the Sacrament of Penance Itself, nn. 180, 181, 182, 183 & 184 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Ch. II, Sect. 5, Article 6: Sacramental Absolution, n. ¶4 — Absolution should be given conditionally: a) When the confessor entertains a serious doubt with regard to one of the following points: α) Whether there is sufficient matter for the administration of the Sacrament; β) Whe… Read in context →
Pastoral Questions
Ch. III, Question III: Concerning the Requisites for the Validity and Liceity of the Form of Absolution, nn. ¶3499, ¶3500, ¶3501, ¶3515, ¶3516, ¶3517, ¶3518, ¶3519, ¶3520 & ¶3521 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. IV, Question Second: Concernin…, Article III: Concerning the Obligation of Granting, Denying, or Deferring Absolution, nn. ¶3682, ¶3683, ¶3684, ¶3685, ¶3686, ¶3687, ¶3688, ¶3689 & ¶3690 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, First Part: On the Sacrame…, Question Two: On the Const…, Article III: On the Form, n. 447 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fourth Part: On the Minist…, Question Three: On the Dut…, Article II: On the Duties in the Act of Confession, nn. 618 & 619 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. I, Chapter III. On the Form of the Sacrament of Penance, nn. 727, 728, 728, Q. 2, 728, Q. 3, 728, Q. 4, 728, Q. 5, 728, Q. 6, 728, Q. 7 & 728, Q. 8 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Absolution — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Slater, Cases II · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)