A Topic of Moral Theology

Rebaptism and conditional Baptism

Never to rebaptize the validly baptized; inquiry after emergency baptism; converts.

Also asked about as…

was my protestant baptism valid (ed.)

In the index as Baptism · Condition · Exposed infants · Heretic · Iteration · Repetition of a Sacrament · Convert · Doubt · Exposed infants as regards Baptism · Heretics are held per se to the laws of the Church · Little children · Midwife · Midwives · Minors · Neoconverts · Rebaptization · Repetition · Sacred Images

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. III, Chapter V. Who May be Baptized, n. 3 — It would be a grave sin knowingly to baptize again one who has already been validly baptized. So that when a child has been baptized by a nurse or midwife by reason of apparent danger of death, inquiry should indeed be m… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. I, Sect. VII, Scholion. On the Doubtfully Baptized, nn. 104 & 105 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Baptism, n. ¶47 — On Those Baptized by Catechists in Places of Missions. "... Generally and without selection, even with the addition or condition, anyone whatever is not to be rebaptized.... They are permitted to administer Baptism conditionally only to those concerning whom, after diligent … Read in context →

Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Baptism, nn. 467 & 468 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, On Baptism, IV. On the Subject of Baptism, nn. 465, 466, 467 & 468 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, II. Questions Concerning E…, II. Embryological Question…, Question Six: Concerning Those to Be Rebaptized Under Condition, nn. ¶1059–¶1079 (21 passages)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. II, Chapter III: On the Subject of Baptism, nn. ¶5, ¶1476, ¶1477, ¶1478 & ¶1479 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Baptism, Question Five: On the Subj…, Article VII: On Those to Be Rebaptized Under Condition, nn. 164, 165, 166, 167 & 168 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. II, Chapter IV — On the dispositions of adults for receiving Baptism, and on its effects and ceremonies, n. VI — VI. Those who have been baptized by a midwife ought not to be rebaptized, when the parish priest detects the midwife to be prudent, awake, and constant in an examination upon the exact observance of the form. Are exposed… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Who May be Baptized — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Slater, Cases II · 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.)