A Topic of Moral Theology

Conditions Required for Gaining Indulgences

What gaining an indulgence requires: the state of grace, the prescribed works, and the intention.

Within this topic

In the index as Indulgence · Indulgences · Intention · Confession · Deaf-mute · Forty-Hours · Intention, necessary in the minister of a sacrament · Morning and evening prayers, and prayers before and after meals · Mute person · Prayers · Prayers for indulgences · State of grace · Visitation of a church · Way of the Cross · A confessor admitting to first Communion · Canonical visitation of a diocese · Church · Collection of indulgences · Commutation · Condition in the sacraments · Confession prescribed before Communion · Deaf-mutes · Frequent · Holy Communion

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. II, Q. IV, Article II. On the Conditions for Gaining Indulgences., nn. 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322 & 323 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. XII, Chapter II. Conditions Required for Gaining Indulgences, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Appendix. On Indulgences, Pt. I, Section III. On the Gaining of Indulgences, n. ¶1 — First one must speak of the subject capable of gaining indulgences; then of the requisites so that a capable subject may gain indulgences.Read in context →

Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Indulgences, nn. ¶21, ¶22, ¶24 & ¶25 (4 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 Indulgences, n. 1360 — On Several Indulgences Annexed to the Same Pious Work. "Whether, if indulgences under various titles are annexed to the same pious work which cannot be repeated by the faithful, all can be gained? - Response. Affirmative, provided that the works enjoined truly cannot, or are… Read in context →

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. II, Appendix. On Indulgences a…, Chapter I. On Indulgences, nn. 1044, 1051, 1052, 1055 & 1057 (22 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Appendix: On Indulgences, nn. 616, 617 & 618 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. V, Chapter II: On Acquiring Indulgences, nn. 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633 & 634 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. VII, Article III. On The Conditions Required For Gaining Indulgences, nn. ¶75, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556 & 557 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fifth Part: On the Subject…, Appendix: On the Penitenti…, Indulgences, and Censures, Article II: On Indulgences, n. 674 (43 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XXI, Chapter I. On Indulgences Considered Generally, nn. 1050, Q. 11 & 1050, Q. 16 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XXI, Chapter II. On Certain Indulgences in Particular, nn. 1053, 1053, Q. 2, 1053, Q. 3 & 1058, Q. 3 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. II, Chapter XI — On indulgences, n. XI — XI. Only the baptized faithful are apt for gaining indulgences, if they be free from mortal sin. Since indulgences remit temporal punishment, which cannot be remitted so long as the guilt of the fault remains. It is neve… Read in context →

The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, Case IV: Plenary Indulgence, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6 & ¶7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Case XXXIX: Replating an Indulgenced Cross, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Case XLIII: Is the Invocation of the Holy Name Indispensably Required for Gaining the Indulgence for the Dying?, nn. ¶1–¶16 (16 passages)

Vol. IV, Case L: The Conditions for Gaining an Indulgence, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6 & ¶7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. IV, Case LI: Is It Necessary to Be in a State of Grace in Order to Gain Indulgences for the Souls in Purgatory?, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6 & ¶7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. V, Case LXXVI: Indulgence of the Forty Hours, nn. ¶1 & ¶2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. IV, On Indulgences, Principal Other Indulgences, nn. 1381, 1382, 1383, 1384, 1385, 1386, 1387, 1388, 1389 & 1390 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

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)

177. On the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary, nn. 1 & 2 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

178. Imposition of Scapulars, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

179. On Gregorian Masses, n. 1 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. II, TREATISE ON IRREGULARITIES, Ch. II, § II, Rosaries, etc, n. ¶1789 — 1789. - 1) Let the things noted at n. 1779. q. 19°. 20°; n. 1780. 3°. 6°. 7° be recalled. But the Indulgences proper to these objects, see Conc. Pl. Balt. II. p. 340. 2) To one and the same of these objects several diver… Read in context →

Vol. II, TREATISE ON IRREGULARITIES, Ch. II, § IV. On the Indulgences of Scapulars, nn. ¶1791, ¶1792, ¶1793, ¶1794 & ¶1795 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Indulgences — Vermeersch, On Forbidden Books · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Slater, Cases II · Spirago · Slater, Back to Morality · Decretals of Gregory IX · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)