A Topic of Moral Theology
Confessors of religious
Who may hear the confessions of religious men and women; ordinary and extraordinary confessors
The works themselves ask 15 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
- Confessors to Be Deputed for Religious ▸ 4 subtopics
In the index as Confessor · Jurisdiction · Nuns · Regulars · Sacramental jurisdiction · Bishop · Penance · Religious · Jurisdiction in the SACRAMENTAL forum · Novices · Religious women · A superior · Approbation for confessors · Approbation of a Confessor · Confession · Familiars of regulars · Regular Prelates · Regular prelate · Religious men · Religious person · Religious superior · Superiors · A confessor admitting to first Communion · Approbation
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. III, Q. I, Article IV. On Jurisdiction over Religious., nn. 347 & 348 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. VI, Chapter IX. The Confessors of Religious, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. I, Ch. I, Article II. On Sacramental Jurisdiction Over Some Classes of Persons Specifically, nn. 368, 369, 370, 371, 372 & 373 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On the Sacrament of Penance, Faculties and Privileges o…, 9 March 1870), n. ¶32 — On Confessors of Religious Outside the Cloisters. "Regulars, even those secularized for a time, ought to make their confession before confessors approved by the Ordinary of the place, by whom in the act of sacramental confession they will be able to be absolved even fro… 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, n. 790 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On Penance, X. On Regulars and Nuns, nn. 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 792 & 793 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Moral Part — Chapter II: On the Confessor, nn. 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411 & 412 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. V, Chapter IV: The Sacramental Forum in Religions, n. 478 — — Religions to Be Distinguished. The Extension of the Canons. Clerical religions and lay religions must be distinguished, and these latter are some of men, others of women. But the canons and the whole discipline of the … Read in context →
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. V, Ch. III, Art. I, § 4. On the Jurisdiction of Religious and over Religious, nn. ¶55, 415, 416 & 417 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. I, Art. III, § 1. On The Concession Of Jurisdiction With Respect To Regulars, nn. ¶1758, ¶1, ¶1759, ¶1760, ¶1761, ¶2, ¶1762 & ¶1763 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. I, Art. III, § 2. On The Concession Of Jurisdiction With Respect To Nuns, nn. ¶1764 & ¶1765 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. II, Question III: Concerning the Limitation of Jurisdiction as to Persons, nn. ¶3321–¶3365 (45 passages)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fourth Part: On the Minist…, Question Second: On the Gr…, Article III: On the Limitation of Jurisdiction with Respect to Persons, n. 588 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. III, Ch. I, Article II. On the Jurisdiction of Confessors, n. 778, Q. 11 — Question 11. Who concedes the faculty of hearing the confessions of religious women? Resp. If the house of religious women is immediately subject to the Apostolic See or to the Ordinary of the place, the latter chooses t… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Jurisdiction and Reserved Cases — Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases II · Slater, Back to Morality — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)