A Topic of Moral Theology
Imposing Satisfaction
The confessor's grave duty to impose a penance, and how it is measured to the penitent.
The works themselves ask 23 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Satisfaction · Penance (Poenitentia) · Sacramental penance · Confessor · Satisfaction (penance) · Congruous satisfaction · Sacramental satisfaction · Omission · Alms (Eleemosyna) · Commutation · Infirmity · Almsgiving · Confession · Defect · Delay · Forgetfulness · Fulfillment of Law · Illness · Medicinal · Penalty · Penance as a SACRAMENT · Prayer (Oratio) · Prayers · Quantity
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. II, Q. III, Article II. On Imposing Satisfaction., nn. 299, 300, 301, 302, 303 & 304 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
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 Penance, n. 725, 726, 730 (6 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 the Sacrament …, Pt. II, Ch. III, Article I. On the Imposition of Penance, nn. 521, 522, 523, 524, 525 & 526 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Treatise On the Sacrament …, Pt. II, Ch. III, Art. II, Appendix. On Penances More Usefully Imposed, nn. 535 & 536 (29 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 I: On the Duties of the Penitent, nn. 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345 & 346 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. V, Ch. II, Art. III, § 2. On the Necessity of Imposing Satisfaction, nn. 394, 395, 396, 397 & 398 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. II, Ch. III, Article I: On The Imposition Of Penance, nn. ¶1715, ¶1716, ¶1717, ¶1718, ¶1719 & ¶1720 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE SACRAMENT …, PART SECOND: ON THE SUBJEC…, OR ON THE ACTS OF THE PENI…, Ch. III, ARTICLE I: ON THE IMPOSITION OF PENANCE, nn. ¶1381, ¶1382 & ¶1383 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE SACRAMENT …, PART SECOND: ON THE SUBJEC…, OR ON THE ACTS OF THE PENI…, APPENDIX: ON PENANCES MORE USEFULLY IMPOSED, nn. ¶1, ¶1387, ¶2, ¶1388, ¶3 & ¶1389 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Third Part: On the Parts o…, Ch. III, Question Second: On the Qu…, Article II: On Sacramental Satisfaction, nn. ¶1, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553 & 554 (67 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. II, Ch. III, Article I. On the Imposition of Sacramental Satisfaction, nn. 762, 763, 763, Q. 2, 763, Q. 3, 763, Q. 4 & 764 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. II, Ch. III, Article II. On the Fulfillment of Sacramental Satisfaction, nn. 765, 766, 766, Q. 2, 766, Q. 3, 766, Q. 4, 766, Q. 5 & 766, Q. 6 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. I, Chapter I — Propositions condemned by the Holy See, nn. XLIV & XLVI (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Diss. II, Chapter VIII — On satisfaction, the third integral part of the sacrament of Penance, n. IX — IX. All inculcate upon confessors the knowledge of the ancient canons, as Benedict XIV adverts, Book 7 On the Synod, chapter 41, that from them they may gather by what reason they can temper, increase, or diminish the pe… Read in context →
Diss. II, Chapter IX — On the quality, quantity, and time of the satisfaction to be enjoined upon penitents, nn. I–XV (15 passages)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. II, The Sacrament of Penance, nn. ¶171, ¶172, ¶173, ¶174, ¶175, ¶176 & ¶177 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The nature of sacramental satisfaction — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Koch–Preuss — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)