A Topic of Moral Theology
The Papal or Apostolic Blessing
The papal blessing and the apostolic blessing at the point of death.
The works themselves ask 4 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
apostolic pardon · blessing at the hour of death (ed.)
In the index as Papal blessing · Indulgence · Most Holy Trinity · Absolution · Apostolic blessing · Blessing · Death · Extreme Unction · Indulgence for the dying · Indulgences · Mystery of the Incarnation
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Appendix. On Indulgences, Pt. II, Section III. On the Papal or Apostolic Blessing, nn. 527, 528 & 529 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Appendix. On Indulgences, Pt. II, Section IV. On the Papal or Apostolic Blessing at the Point of Death, nn. 530, 531 & 532 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. II, Question VI: Concerning the Sick and the Dying, nn. ¶2485, ¶2486, ¶2487, ¶2488, ¶2489, ¶2490 & ¶2491 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Extreme Unction, Appendix: On the Apostolic Blessing at the Article of Death, n. 708 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Indulgences, Case 1. The Apostolic Blessing, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Case XII: The Papal Blessing at the Point of Death, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Indulgences — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, On Forbidden Books · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium and 4 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)