A Topic of Moral Theology

The Granting of Indulgences

Who can grant indulgences and how; transfer, suspension and cessation.

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power to grant indulgences · who grants indulgences (ed.)

In the index as Indulgence · Indulgences · Bishop · Cardinals · Absolution · Blessing · Interpretation · Medals · Religious · Religious superior

In the manuals

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Appendix. On Indulgences, Pt. I, Section II. On the Concession of Indulgences, nn. 484, 485, 486, 487, 488 & 489 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Appendix. On Indulgences, Pt. I, Sect. IV, Suspension, and Cessation of Indulgences, nn. 505, 506 & 507 (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, Appendix. On Indulgences a…, Chapter I. On Indulgences, nn. 1043, 1045 & 1059 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Appendix: On Indulgences, nn. 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 628, 629 & 630 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. VII, Article II. On The Authority To Grant Indulgences, nn. 546, 547, 548 & 549 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fifth Part: On the Subject…, Appendix: On the Penitenti…, Indulgences, and Censures, Article II: On Indulgences, n. 673 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. II, Chapter XI — On indulgences, n. X — X. The supreme dispenser of indulgences is the Supreme Pontiff. What indulgences bishops and archbishops can grant it does not concern me to discuss. Indulgences granted without cause are not ratified before God.Read in context →

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XXI, Chapter II. On Certain Indulgences in Particular, n. 1053, Q. 3 — Question 3. How practically is the application of these Indulgences made? Resp. Our Most Holy Lord Pius X "deigned to decree and declare: "In blessing several similar or diverse objects of religion, which are offered joi… Read in context →

Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Indulgences, n. 1352 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Indulgences — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, On Forbidden Books · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Slater, Cases II · Spirago · Slater, Back to Morality · Decretals of Gregory IX · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)