A Topic of Moral Theology
The office and number of sponsors
What sponsors do; one or at most two; the spiritual relationship.
The works themselves ask 6 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
choosing godparents · requirements for godparents (ed.)
In the index as Baptism · Sponsor · Godfather · Affinity · Apostates · Heretic · Masons · Obligation · Parents · Physical touch · Procurator · Religious · Spiritual kinship · Spiritual relationship · Sponsors · Subjects of the Sacraments
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. III, Chapter IV. The Sponsors, nn. 1 & 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 Baptism, Ch. V, Namely on Sponsors and Cer…, Article I. On Sponsors, nn. ¶1, 250, 251 & 252 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Baptism, Appendix: On the Ceremonies of Baptism, n. 171 (22 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XII, Chapter V. On Sponsors to be Employed in Baptism, nn. 664, Q. 3 & 664, Q. 7 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. II, The Sacrament of Baptism, nn. ¶50, ¶51, ¶52, ¶53, ¶54, ¶55, ¶56, ¶57 & ¶60 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Sponsors — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · The Casuist · 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.)