A Topic of Moral Theology

Indulgences applied to the souls in purgatory

Can. 930; the intention of application.

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indulgence for the souls in purgatory · indulgences for the dead · offering an indulgence (ed.)

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. XII, Chapter II. Conditions Required for Gaining Indulgences, n. 7 — Almost all indulgences are now applicable to the souls in purgatory (Can. 930). In order that they may be applied to them in fact, the person who fulfils the conditions should form his intention of offering them to God f… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Appendix. On Indulgences, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. II, Scholion. On the Application of Indulgences to the Souls in Purgatory, nn. 501, 502, 503 & 504 (4 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)

179. On Gregorian Masses, n. 1 (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, Appendix. On Indulgences a…, Chapter I. On Indulgences, nn. 1048, 1049 & 1050 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Conditions Required for Gaining Indulgences — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)