A Topic of Moral Theology

Excommunications Specially Reserved to the Holy See

The excommunications whose absolution is specially reserved to the Holy See.

Within this topic

In the index as Censure (Censura) · One furnishing help to an excommunicated person · Schismatics · Heretics · Formal and material cooperator · Ownership of ecclesiastical goods · Privilege · Sacred Scripture (Scriptura Sacra) · Absolution from CENSURES · Apostasy from the Faith (Apostasia a fide) · Book · Defenders of heretics · Favorers of heretics · Intruded persons · Old Catholics · One detaining Prelates of the Church · One impeding the attainment of a just good · One usurping jurisdiction or goods of the Church · Suspected of heresy · Those appealing from abuse · Those issuing mandates against ecclesiastical jurisdiction · Those retaining prohibited books · Usurpation · Accomplice in confession not to be manifested

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 Three. On Excommunications Reserved in a Special Mode., n. ¶1 — To the first series belong thirteen excommunications, of which twelve are contained in the bull Apostolicae sedis, but one was afterward added from the constitution Romanus pontifex. The first twelve, with the tenth exce… Read in context →

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, B.—Excommunications Specially Reserved to the Holy See, nn. 1–26 (26 passages)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. I, Section II. Excommunications Reserved to the Roman Pontiff in a Special Manner, n. 895 — This excommunication is contracted by: I. All apostates from the Christian faith, and all and each heretics or schismatics (canon 2314, § 1, 1°, and § 2). This excommunication is reserved to the Apostolic See in a specia… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. I, Section II. Excommunications Reserved to the Roman Pontiff in a Special Manner (continued), nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 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 I. Excommunications Reserved to the Supreme Pontiff, nn. 972, 973, 974, 975 & 975 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, On Ecclesiastical Censures, nn. 1169, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180 & 1181 (13 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, § 1. EXCOMMUNICATIONS *LATAE SENTENTIAE* RESERVED TO THE ROMAN PONTIFF IN A SPECIAL WAY, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶1314–¶1327 (16 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. ¶4 — II. - On Excommunications *l. s.* Reserved to the Supreme Pontiff in a Special Way.. Twelve are numbered: 1º All apostates from the Christian faith and all and each heretics and schismatics, from can. 2314. This censure from § 2 of the same canon is reserved in a special way to the Apostolic See, if abso… Read in context →

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. II, Treatise on Censures, Appendix III: On Censures …, § I. On Excommunications Latae Sententiae Reserved to the Roman Pontiff in a Special Manner, nn. ¶1, ¶1701, ¶2, ¶1702, ¶3, ¶1703, ¶1704, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶1705, ¶7, ¶1706, ¶1707, ¶1708, ¶8, ¶1709, ¶9, ¶1710, ¶10, ¶1711, ¶11, ¶1712, ¶12, ¶1713, ¶13, ¶1714, ¶1715, ¶14, ¶1716, ¶15, ¶1717 & ¶16 (33 passages — hover a number to read it)

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

Vol. II, Case XXIII: Concerning the Excommunication Incurred by Those Who Injure the Rulers of the Church Either in Body, in Their Liberty, or, in Their Dignity, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 8. The Sins Against P…, Schism, n. 1375 — The law of the church on the powers of schismatics is as follows: (a) All schismatics incur ipso facto excommunication, as well as various inhabilities and penalties (Canon 2314). It is fitting that those who separate th… Read in context →

The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)

Bk. V, Title XX: On the Crime of Forgery, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Back to Morality

Chapter XVII: Reserved Cases, nn. ¶320, ¶321, ¶322, ¶323, ¶324, ¶325, ¶326, ¶327, ¶328, ¶329, ¶345, ¶346, ¶347, ¶348, ¶349, ¶350, ¶351 & ¶352 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)

On the Prohibition and Censorship of Books (De prohibitione et censura librorum)

Tit. II, Chapter V: On the Penalties Established Against Transgressors of the General Decrees, n. ¶1 — Argument of the chapter Besides the obligation of conscience, which regards the penitential forum and was weighed by us above in n. 53, 61, the General Decrees are fortified by canonical penalties which are promulgated i… Read in context →

Tit. II, Ch. V, Article 47, nn. ¶1 & 125 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tit. II, Ch. V, Article 48, nn. ¶1 & 126 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tit. II, Ch. V, Article 49, nn. ¶1 & 127 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tit. II, Ch. V, Art. 49, Additamenta, n. ¶1 — 1. To n. 30. Concerning works which, every refutation omitted, set forth and report false dogmas, destructive of religion or morals, as the inventions and thoughts of others, Benedict XIV has words full of just severity … Read in context →

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)

159. On Favor toward Heretics, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Special Moral Theology, Treatise: On Divine Faith, Fourth Part: On the Vices …, Question Two: On Sins Indi…, Article III: On the Reading and Dissemination of Prohibited Writings, n. 776 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Ch. V, Question Second: Concerning the Solicitation of a Penitent to Base Things, nn. ¶3995–¶4012 (18 passages)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XIX, Chapter IV. On Censures in Individual Delicts, nn. 974 & 991 (2 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. 507, 508, 512 & 513 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Excommunication — Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium · 1917 Code of Canon Law · Decretum of Gratian — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)