A Topic of Moral Theology
Plenary and partial indulgences
What "forty days" means; indulgences for the living and the dead.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Indulgence · Application of indulgences · For the dead · Indulgences · Plenary indulgence · Treasure of the Church
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. XII, Chapter I. The Nature of an Indulgence, n. 3 — A plenary indulgence is one by which all the debt of temporal punishment due to a person for his sins is remitted, while a partial indulgence, of say, forty days, remits the same amount of temporal punishment as would ha… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Appendix. On Indulgences, Pt. I, Sect. I, Existence, and Division of Indulgences, n. 483 — III. Division of indulgences. Indulgences are chiefly divided: 1. Into plenary and partial, according as of themselves they wholly or partially remit the punishment due for sins. Now when an indulgence is granted, for ex… Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Appendix. On Indulgences, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. II, Scholion. On the Application of Indulgences to the Souls in Purgatory, nn. 502, 503 & 504 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. IV, On Indulgences, nn. 1354 & 1355 (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, Appendix. On Indulgences a…, Chapter I. On Indulgences, n. 1047 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Appendix: On Indulgences, nn. 600, 601 & 602 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fifth Part: On the Subject…, Appendix: On the Penitenti…, Indulgences, and Censures, Article II: On Indulgences, n. 672 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Nature of an Indulgence — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Vermeersch, On Forbidden Books · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)