A Topic of Moral Theology
Obligations of the Minister in Reference to the Recipient
When a minister is bound to give a sacrament, and when he must refuse it.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
In the index as Sacraments · Pastor
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. III, Question Three. Concerning the Obligations of the Minister., n. 381 — 381. All obligations of confessors arise from the general obligation of procuring those things which are necessary for the valid and licit administration and reception of the sacrament. Of these obligations some urge bef… Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 1. The Sacraments in …, Obligations of the Minister in Reference to the Recipient, nn. 2676, 2677, 2678, 2679, 2680, 2681 & 2682 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fourth Part: On the Minist…, Question Three: On the Dut…, Article II: On the Duties in the Act of Confession, nn. 616 & 617 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Minister of the Sacraments — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases II · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)