A Topic of Moral Theology

Confession after doubtful or conditional Baptism

Whether earlier confessions must be repeated when Baptism has been conferred conditionally.

In the index as Neophytes · New Converts · Penance · Absolution · Confession · Confessor · Converts · Non-Catholics · One to be baptized · Sacrament Of Penance

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. VI, Chapter II. The Matter of Penance, n. 2 — A doubt may sometimes arise as to whether a person has ever been baptized, or as to whether his Baptism was valid, and after Baptism has been conditionally administered in such a case so as to make so important a matter … Read in context →

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 Penance, nn. 671 & 672 (10 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…, Chapter II. On the Matter of the Sacrament of Penance, n. 419 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. I, Chapter II. On the Matter of the Sacrament of Penance, nn. 725, Q. 2 & 725, Q. 4 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

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

Vol. I, Case I: Necessity of General Confession for a Convert Rebaptized Conditionally, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4 & ¶5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Penance and Confession — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases II · The Roman Catechism and 5 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)