A Topic of Moral Theology
Penal Remedies and Penances
Admonition, correction, precept, vigilance; penances.
Also asked about as…
canonical admonition · canonical penances (ed.)
In the index as Penances · Remedies
In the manuals
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. II, Part III. On Penal Remedies and Penances, n. ¶1 — These are disciplinary means of coercing delicts, which do not attain the character of penalty in the proper sense.Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. III, Section I. On Penal Remedies, n. 892 — I. Notion. A penal remedy is a canonical means of forestalling true delicts or further delicts. Because they import some penality, they suppose some transgression of law which nevertheless does not reach the character of… Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. III, Section II. On Penances, n. 893 — I. Notion. Penances in the external forum are imposed so that the delinquent may either escape a penalty or receive absolution or dispensation from a contracted penalty (canon 2312, § 1). In order that a penance can be i… Read in context →
The 1917 Code of Canon Law
Sect. II, Tit. X, Chapter I: Of Penal Remedies, cann. 2306, 2307, 2308, 2309, 2310 & 2311 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Sect. II, Tit. X, Chapter II: Of Penances, cann. 2312 & 2313 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Censures and Ecclesiastical Penalties — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)