A Topic of Moral Theology
The minister's intention
Actual, virtual, habitual, interpretative; the intention to do what the Church does; Catharinus's opinion; a definite intention.
The works themselves ask 8 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
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does the priest have to intend · priest's intention (ed.)
In the index as Intention · Minister · Condition · Minister of the Sacraments · Absolution · Attention · Explicit · Habitual · Implicit · Interpretative intention · Mass · Minister of sacraments · Ministration of the sacraments · Nullity · Predominant intention · Sacraments · Sacrilege · Simulation
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. II, Ch. III, Section I. The Attention and Intention of the Minister, nn. 2, 3 & 4 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. I, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. I, Chapter I. On Intention, nn. 14, 15 & 16 (3 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)
3. On Intention, nn. 1 & 2 (8 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 Sacraments…, Ch. III, Art. I, Intention, Faith, and Probity of the …, § II. On the Intention of the Minister, n. 203 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. I, Ch. V, Article IV. On The Intention Of The Minister, n. 63 — 63. By reason of the subject, intention is distinguished as actual, virtual, habitual, and interpretative. 1. Actual is said of that intention which is elicited here and now. It can be subdivided into reflex and simply d… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Fourth Part: On the Cause …, Question Two: On the Minis…, Article III: On the Intention Required in the Minister for Valid Ministration, nn. ¶1, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85 (47 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. I, Chapter IV — On the ministers of the sacraments, n. IX — IX. QUESTION V. Whether an actual intention is necessary, or a virtual one suffices? ANSWER. It has been said above that a habitual intention does not suffice, nor is an actual one required, but a virtual one suffices an… Read in context →
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, The Sacraments in General, Case 5. Simulation of the Sacraments, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Ch. III, Article IV. On the Obligation of Denying the Sacraments to the Unworthy, n. 643, Q. 2 — Question 2. Is it licit to simulate, or at least to dissimulate, a sacrament, lest it be conferred upon the unworthy? Before an answer is given, it must be noted beforehand what the simulation of a sacrament is and in wh… 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 the Sacraments in General, n. 375 — Simulation of the Sacraments. “29. Urgent fear is a just cause for simulating the administration of the Sacraments.” Proposition condemned by Innocent XI.Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading The Attention and Intention of the Minister — Noldin, Summa of 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.)