A Topic of Moral Theology

What falls under the seal

Sins, and everything mentioned for the confession whose disclosure would injure the penitent or make confession odious.

In the index as Seal of Confession (Sigillum Confessionis) · Ordination · Sacramental seal · Accomplice · Circumstances of sin · Confession · Defect · Defects · Knowledge · Natural defects · Object · State · VALIDATION of a Priest’s functions

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. VI, Chapter XIV. The Seal of Confession, n. 3 — Not only all sins mentioned in confession are the matter of the seal, but everything which was mentioned because it was thought to be a sin, and every circumstance which was mentioned in order to make a full confession a… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, On Penance, XII. On the Various Duties of the Minister, nn. 844, 845, 846, 847, 848 & 849 (6 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)

136. On the Sacramental Seal, n. 2 (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, Treatise On the Sacrament …, Pt. III, Ch. II, Art. II, § II, Point III. On the Object of the Seal, nn. 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662 & 663 (37 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Ch. II, Sect. 5, Article 5: The Seal of Confession, n. ¶7 — What a priest hears in sacramental confession, he hears not as a man, but as the representative of God, and hence, when asked as a private individual, he may deny knowledge which he possesses only from confession. In act… Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. V, Ch. III, Art. II, § 3, 2. On the Obligation of the Seal of Confession, nn. 444 & 446 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE SACRAMENT …, PART THIRD: ON THE MINISTE…, Ch. II, Art. II, § II. On the Seal of Confession, nn. ¶5, ¶1494, ¶1495 & ¶1496 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Ch. IV, Question Third: Concerning…, Article I: Concerning the Obligation of the Sacramental Seal, nn. ¶3734–¶3751 (18 passages)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fourth Part: On the Minist…, Question Three: On the Dut…, Article III: On the Duties after the Act of Confession, n. 625 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. III, Ch. II, Art. II, § II. On the Seal to be Preserved After Confession Has Been Heard, n. 815 — III. On the Object of the Seal. I say. The object of the seal is not only all sins confessed, as is clear of itself, but also both whatever pertains to the individual explanation of sins and whatever has been manifested in confession and the revelation… Read in context →

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. IV, Chapter IV — On the seal of confession, nn. V & VII (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

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

Vol. I, Case XIII: The Conferring of a Dispensation and the Seal of Confession, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3 & ¶4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. V, Case LXXXIII: Invalid Ordination of a Penitent and the Seal of Confession, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5 & ¶6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Seal of Confession — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Slater, Cases II · The Roman Catechism · Slater, Back to Morality · Decretum of Gratian — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)