A Topic of Moral Theology
The obligation to perform the penance
How gravely it binds, when it must be done, and a penance forgotten.
The works themselves ask 10 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Penance (Poenitentia) · Satisfaction · SACRAMENTAL SATISFACTION · *Parvitas materiae* · Confessor · Delay · Fulfillment · Gravity of sin (Gravitas peccati) · Impotence · Indulgences · Penitents · Power of order and of jurisdiction · Prayer · Restitution · Sacramental penance
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Chapter First. On Penance …, Question First. On the nature of penance., n. ¶1 — Penance is taken in two ways, as it is a virtue and as it is a sacrament. The virtue of penance is a part of the sacrament of penance, namely the act of the penitent (sorrow for sins), which is necessary for validly rece… Read in context →
Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Chapter II. On the Subject of Penance., n. ¶1 — The subject capable of the sacrament of penance is every and only man who after baptism has fallen into sin, whether mortal or venial. For receiving this sacrament validly and fruitfully there are required the acts of th… Read in context →
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. VI, Chapter V. Satisfaction, n. 2 — The penitent is bound to accept and to execute a reasonable penance which his confessor has imposed on him. This obligation will be grave when a grave penance has been imposed for serious sins, otherwise it will bind und… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On Penance, VI. On Satisfaction, nn. 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742 & 743 (9 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 the Sacrament …, Pt. II, Ch. III, Article II. On the Fulfillment of Penance, n. 530 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Moral Part — Chapter I: On the Duties of the Penitent, nn. 366, 367, 368, 369, 370 & 371 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Ch. II, Sect. 5, Article 7: Sacramental Satisfaction, nn. ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6 & ¶7 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. II, Ch. III, Article II: On The Acceptance And Fulfillment Of Penance, nn. ¶1721, ¶1722, ¶1723, ¶1724 & ¶1725 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE SACRAMENT …, PART SECOND: ON THE SUBJEC…, OR ON THE ACTS OF THE PENI…, Ch. III, ARTICLE II: ON THE FULFILLMENT OF PENANCE, nn. ¶1384, ¶1385 & ¶1386 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Third Part: On the Parts o…, Ch. III, Question Three: On the Fulfillment of Satisfaction or On Satisfactory Works, nn. 558, 559, 560 & 561 (37 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. II, The Sacrament of Penance, nn. ¶161, ¶162, ¶163, ¶164, ¶165, ¶166, ¶167, ¶168, ¶169 & ¶170 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Satisfaction — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist · Deshon, Guide — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)