A Topic of Moral Theology
Duties of the Confessor as Physician
The confessor as spiritual physician: the general and particular remedies he applies to each kind of penitent.
In the index as Confessor · Penance · Doctor · General counsels · Matrimony · Perseverance · Physicians · Remedies · Remedies against pride
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 3. Repentance; Penanc…, Duties of the Confessor as Physician, n. 2762 — The Duties of the Confessor as Spiritual Physician. The Duties of the Confessor as Spiritual Physician.—(a) General Remedies.—The confessor should give much attention to the study of moral and ascetical works, so as to be able to suggest suitable means to his penitents fo… Read in context →
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 …, Pt. III, Ch. II, Art. I, § I, Point II. On the Office of Physician, nn. ¶1, 603, 604 & 605 (10 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. 481 & 482 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
On Chastity and on the Contrary Vices: A Doctrinal and Moral Treatise
Ch. III, Article II. On Solitary Onanism, or Masturbation, nn. 219 & ¶1210–¶1233 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. III, Art. I, § 4. On The Obligation Of Rightly Disposing The Penitent, nn. ¶1811 & ¶1812 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE SACRAMENT …, PART THIRD: ON THE MINISTE…, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On the Duties of the Confessor, nn. ¶3, ¶1417, ¶1418 & ¶1419 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. IV, Question Second: Concernin…, Article II: Concerning the Duties Previous to Absolution, nn. ¶3632, ¶3633, ¶3634, ¶3635, ¶3636, ¶3637, ¶3638, ¶3639, ¶3640, ¶3641, ¶3642, ¶3643 & ¶3644 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fourth Part: On the Minist…, Question Three: On the Dut…, Article II: On the Duties in the Act of Confession, n. 612 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. III, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On the Offices of the Confessor in General, n. 790 — II. Concerning the Office of Physician. I say. The confessor is a true physician of souls; for just as sinners are often compared in the Scriptures to the sick or even to the dead, indeed are also properly called by these names, so the confessor can not only b… Read in context →
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. II, The Sacrament of Penance, nn. ¶125, ¶126, ¶127, ¶128, ¶129, ¶130, ¶131, ¶132, ¶133, ¶134 & ¶135 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Office of the Confessor — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist · 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.)