A Topic of Moral Theology

Conditions for incurring a censure

Mortal sin, external and complete act, contumacy; who has the power; who is subject (strangers).

Also asked about as…

automatic excommunication (ed.)

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In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On Ecclesiastical Penalties, Second Book. On Ecclesiast…, Question One. On Censures …, Article Four. On the Conditions Required for Incurring Censure., nn. ¶1, 19, 20, 21 & 22 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. I, Chapter I. The Nature of an Ecclesiastical Censure, nn. 3, 4 & 5 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. IV, On Censures, I. On the Nature of Censure, nn. 1086, 1087, 1097, 1098 & 1099 (5 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 Censures, Ch. I, Art. I, Division, and Conditions of Censures, n. 934 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. VI, Ch. II, Art. II, § 2. On The Conditions Required In Imposing Censures, n. 480 — 480. For the imposing of censures, it is required on the part of the one imposing them: 1. That he be baptized; because one who is not himself a member of the Church is not capable of ecclesiastical jurisdiction. 2. That… Read in context →

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XIX, Ch. II, Art. I, Division, and Conditions of Censures, nn. 944, 945, 946, 946, Q. 2, 946, Q. 3, 946, Q. 4, 946, Q. 5, 946, Q. 6, 946, Q. 7 & 946, Q. 8 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. IV, Chapter II — On the fault on account of which a censure can be passed, and what causes excuse from censures, nn. I–XV (15 passages)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Slater, Cases II, Censures, Case 4. Countenancing a Duel, nn. ¶1–¶16 (16 passages)

Treated under the broader heading The Nature of an Ecclesiastical Censure — Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Tanquerey · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)