A Topic of Moral Theology

Who may confirm, and where

Bishop as ordinary minister; priests by delegation; confirming outside the diocese; the duty to confirm (Cann. 782–785).

In the index as Confirmation · Nature, matter, and form of Confirmation · Bishop · Delegation · Minister of confirmation · Priest · Minister of a sacrament · Obligation of administering a sacrament · Subject of the sacraments, validly receiving · Acceptance of death · Baptism of the dying · Cardinals · Delay · Inscription · Necessity of the sacraments · Of infants, Baptism, in the womb · Priest blessing · Sacrament of Confirmation · Schismatics · Those to be ordained

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Book Third. On Confirmation, Question Third. On the Minister of Confirmation, nn. 89 & 90 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. IV, Chapter II. The Minister of Confirmation, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Confirmation, n. ¶2 — N. 267 ff. - On a Simple Priest Administering the Sacrament of Confirmation by Delegation of the Apostolic See. Cf. Instr. and Decrees S. C. de P. F. at Acta S. Sed. Vol. 7, p. 306 ff.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 Confirmation, nn. 484 & 485 (27 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, On Confirmation, II. On the Minister and Subject of Confirmation, nn. 484, 485, 486, 487 & 488 (5 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)

115. On the Minister and Subject of Confirmation, n. 1 (3 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 Confirmation, Chapter II. On the Minister of Confirmation, nn. 267, 268 & 269 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. III, Article II: On the Minister and Subject of Confirmation, nn. 266, 267, 268, 269 & 270 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. III, Chapter III. On The Minister Of Confirmation, n. 159 — 159. 2. The extraordinary minister of confirmation is a priest to whom that faculty has been granted either by common law or by a particular indult of the Holy See. Thus teaches the certain opinion, which is confirmed bo… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Confirmation, Question Three: On the Minister of Confirmation, nn. ¶1, 186, 187, 188 & 189 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XIII, Chapter II. On the Minister of Confirmation, n. 673 — Question. When is a Bishop bound to confirm? Resp. § 1. A Bishop is held by the obligation of conferring this sacrament upon subjects duly and reasonably asking, especially at the time of the visitation of the diocese. §… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XIII, Chapter III. On the Subject of Confirmation, n. 675, Q. 8 — Question 8. To whom can a Bishop and a privileged presbyter confer this Sacrament? Resp. § 1. A Bishop in his own diocese legitimately ministers this sacrament even to outsiders, unless an express prohibition of their ow… Read in context →

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. II, Chapter VI — On the sacrament of Confirmation, n. V — V. QUESTION V. Is the bishop alone the ordinary minister of this sacrament? ANSWER. All Catholics affirm it, and this was defined both in the Council of Florence in the Instruction for the Armenians and in Trent, session… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading The Minister of Confirmation — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Koch–Preuss · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Slater, Cases II · The Roman Catechism · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)