A Topic of Moral Theology
Confirmation: its nature, matter and form
The works themselves ask 18 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
what confirmation is (ed.)
In the index as Confirmation (Confirmatio) · Chrism · Chrismation · Imposition · Matter of the Sacraments · Balm · Bishop · Form of the Sacraments · Unction · Anointing with Chrism · Bishops · Blessing · Character in sacraments · Cognation · Consecrations · Divorce · Imposition of name in Baptism · Matter · Nature, matter, and form of Confirmation · Oil · Oils · Sacrament of Confirmation · Sacred oils · Sign of the Cross
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. IV, Chapter I. The Matter of Confirmation, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On Confirmation, I. On the Nature, Matter, and Form of Confirmation, nn. 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482 & 483 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. IV, Appendix, The Matter of Confirmation, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3 & ¶4 (4 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)
114. On the Matter and Form of Confirmation, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (9 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 Confirmation, Ch. I, Article II. On the Form of Confirmation, nn. 265 & 266 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. III, Art. I, Matter, and Form of This Sacrament, nn. 262, 263, 264 & 265 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. III, Chapter I: On the Nature of Confirmation, n. ¶1 — We shall speak: 1. of the notion and effect of Confirmation; 2. of the matter and form by which it is constituted.Read in context →
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. III, Ch. I, Article I: On the Notion and Effect of Confirmation, nn. ¶1491 & ¶1492 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. III, Ch. I, Art. II, § 1. On the Matter, nn. ¶1493, ¶1494 & ¶1495 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. III, Ch. I, Art. II, § 2. On the Form of Confirmation, n. ¶1496 — 1496. Consequently to those things which we have said concerning the matter, these things must be held concerning the form: I. The form of the Sacrament of Confirmation consists in these words, which accompany the anoint… Read in context →
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. II, TREATISE ON CONFIRMATION, Ch. I, ARTICLE I: ON THE MATTER OF CONFIRMATION, nn. ¶1270 & ¶1271 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, TREATISE ON CONFIRMATION, Ch. I, ARTICLE II: ON THE FORM OF CONFIRMATION, nn. ¶1272 & ¶1273 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Confirmation, Question One: On the Sacra…, Article II: On the Constitutive Parts of Confirmation, nn. ¶1, 179, 180, 181, 182 & 183 (45 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XIII, Chapter I. On the Matter and Form of Confirmation, n. ¶1 — The Sacrament of Confirmation must be conferred through the imposition of hands with the anointing of chrism on the forehead and through the words prescribed in the pontifical books approved by the Church (Can. 780).Read in context →
Vol. II, Tr. XIII, Ch. I, Article II. On the Form of Confirmation, nn. 670, 671 & 671, Q. 2 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. II, The Sacrament of Confirmation, nn. ¶13, ¶14, ¶15, ¶16, ¶17, ¶18, ¶19, ¶20 & ¶21 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Matter of Confirmation — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases II · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)