A Topic of Moral Theology
Duties of the Confessor as Teacher and Guide
The confessor as teacher and guide: instructing the ignorant penitent, admonishing him of his obligations, and counselling the means of amendment.
The works themselves ask 4 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
See also Spiritual Direction — in The Spiritual Life (Christian Perfection)
In the index as Confessor (Confessarius) · Admonition · Instruction · Correction from Office (Correctio ex officio) · Spiritual direction · Admonition of the penitent · Doubt (Dubium) · Doubts in faith · Knowledge · Learned man · Moral person (moral body) · Occult and public impediment · Onanism · Penance · Rich · Rude penitents · Spouses · The betrothed · The ignorant · To instruct the penitent
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 Teacher and Guide, n. 2763 — The Duties of the Confessor as Teacher and Guide. The Duties of the Confessor as Teacher and Guide.—(a) Instruction.—The confessor should teach children and other ignorant persons if he finds that they do not know truths necessary to be known for a fruitful reception of… 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 III. On the Office of Teacher, nn. ¶1, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612 & 613 (27 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. I, Question III: Concerning Penitents Who Are to Be Instructed and Admonished, nn. ¶1978–¶2024 (47 passages)
Ch. III, Question I: Concerning the Pious and Devout, nn. ¶2571–¶2586, ¶2646, ¶2647, ¶2648, ¶2649, ¶2650, ¶2651, ¶2652 & ¶2653 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. III, Question VII: Concerning the Learned and Persons of Distinguished Condition, nn. ¶3000, ¶3001, ¶3002, ¶3003, ¶3004, ¶3005, ¶3006 & ¶3007 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. IV, Question Second: Concernin…, Article II: Concerning the Duties Previous to Absolution, nn. ¶3624, ¶3625, ¶3626, ¶3627, ¶3628, ¶3629, ¶3630 & ¶3631 (8 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, § 3. On The Obligation Of Teaching And Admonishing The Penitent, nn. ¶1, ¶1808, ¶1809 & ¶1810 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. III, Art. II, § 2. On The Obligation Of The Confessor Toward Diverse Penitents From External Condition, nn. ¶3, ¶1850, ¶1851, ¶1852, ¶4 & ¶1853 (6 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. ¶1422 & ¶1423 (2 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. 611 (9 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 · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, On Chastity · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · The Roman Catechism · 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.)