A Topic of Moral Theology

Excommunications Reserved to the Ordinary

The excommunications whose absolution is reserved to the Ordinary.

Within this topic

In the index as Abortion (Abortus) · Censure (Censura) · Abortus · Stipends of Masses · Apostasy · Apostate · Apostolic Letters · Attempted matrimony · Bishop · Briefs of the Pope pertain to ecclesiastical law · Bulls pertain to ecclesiastical law · CLERICS · Canonical penalties · Censures · Children · Civil marriage · Commanding (cooperation in damage) · Craniotomy, does its performance incur excommunication? · Education of child · Excommunication · Excommunications specially reserved to the Pope · Falsifiers of apostolic letters · Marriage · Nuns are held to enclosure

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On Ecclesiastical Penalties, Second Book. On Ecclesiast…, Question Two. On Excommuni…, Article Five. On Ordinary Reserved Excommunications, n. ¶1 — The third series from the constitution Apostolicae sedis contains three excommunications, to which a fourth was added from the decree Vigilanti of Leo XIII, May 25, 1893. These censures, since they are reserved by the Ro… Read in context →

§ 2. From the Decree *Vigilanti*, nn. ¶1 & 96 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, D.—Excommunications Reserved to the Ordinary, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. I, Section IV. Excommunications Reserved to Ordinaries, nn. ¶1 & 897 (2 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 Censures, Ch. II, Namely: 1. on Excommunicat…, Art. I, Point II. *Latae Sententiae* Excommunications Reserved to Bishops or Ordinaries, n. 976 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, On Ecclesiastical Censures, nn. 1196, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201 & 1202 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Section Third: On Ecclesia…, TRACTATE II: On Censures a…, Ch. III, "Apostolicae Sedis," 12 Oc…, Art. I, § 3. EXCOMMUNICATIONS RESERVED TO ORDINARIES.1, nn. ¶1348, ¶1349 & ¶1350 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Supplement: Dispositions o…, Pt. II, SECTION THIRD, TRACTATE II: On Ecclesiast…, Chapter III: On the Censures in Force Today, n. ¶6 — IV. - On Excommunications *l. s.* Reserved to Ordinaries.. Nine are numbered: 1º Catholics who enter marriage before a non-Catholic minister against the prescription of can. 1063, from can. 2319 § 1 n. 1. Formerly these and the three following incurred an excommunication reserve… Read in context →

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. II, Treatise on Censures, Appendix III: On Censures …, § III. On Excommunications *latae sententiae* Reserved to Bishops, or Ordinaries, nn. ¶1, ¶1733, ¶2, ¶1734, ¶3, ¶1735 & ¶4 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

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

Vol. III, Case XXXVII: Does the Performance of Craniotomy Incur Excommunication?, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Case LVIII: Who Incurs the Censure for Procuring an Abortion That Takes Effect?, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. IV, Case X: Excommunication on Account of Abortion, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Back to Morality

Chapter XVII: Reserved Cases, nn. ¶295–¶312, ¶359, ¶360, ¶361, ¶362, ¶363, ¶363a, ¶364, ¶365, ¶366, ¶367 & ¶368 (29 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)

161. On the Immunity of Ecclesiastical Persons, n. 1 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

163. Excommunication of the Canon, n. 1 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. II, Appendix: On the Privilege…, § I. On the Privileges of Clerics in Common, n. 602 — Clerics enjoy certain privileges from canon law, indeed according to many from divine law. All the faithful owe reverence to clerics, according to their different grades and functions, and they stain themselves with the … Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XIX, Chapter IV. On Censures in Individual Delicts, n. 998, Q. 3 — Question 3. Is a mother procuring abortion for herself subject to excommunication? Resp. Affirmatively. The mother is no longer excepted. The delict is supposed as explained by Sixtus V, and consummated by the effect hav… Read in context →

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. IV, Chapter IV — On censures severally, namely on the greater and lesser excommunication, nn. XX, XXII & XXIII (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. VI, Ch. III, Art. I, § 3. On The Excommunications Existing Today, nn. 522 & 523 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Excommunication — Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, On Forbidden Books · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · 1917 Code of Canon Law · Decretum of Gratian · Decretals of Gregory IX — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)