A Topic of Moral Theology
The minister and probable opinions about validity
Not to be used except in necessity.
See also The Probable Conscience and Probabilism — in Conscience
In the index as Probable opinion
In the manuals
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. II, Ch. III, Section I. The Attention and Intention of the Minister, n. 5 — Except in case of necessity the minister of a sacrament may not use probable opinions with reference to what belongs to the validity of the sacrament. As we saw when treating of the matter and form, it would be against t… 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 · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)