Recidivists and habitual sinners

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 5 passages

Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. III, Question Three. Concerning…, Article Five. Concerning Absolving Habitual Sinners., nn. 392 & 393 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. III, Question Three. Concerning…, Article Six. Concerning Absolving Recidivists., nn. 394, 395 & 396 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J.

Vol. II, Bk. VI, Ch. XII, Section II. The Confessor as Physician of Souls, n. 2 — A recidivist is one who after many confessions has fallen into the same sin without any or with scarcely any amendment. There is a controversy among theologians as to whether and on what conditions such a one may be abso… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 6 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. II, Chapter III. On the Confession of Habituated Persons, nn. 449, 450, 451, 452, 453 & 454 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 23 passages

135. On Relapsers and Those in Occasions, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (23 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.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 20 passages

Vol. II, Treatise On the Sacrament …, Pt. III, Ch. II, Art. I, § II, Point II. On Habitual Sinners and Recidivists, nn. 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 636, 637, 637, 638, 639 & 640 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 11 passages

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Moral Part — Chapter II: On the Confessor, nn. 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546 & 547 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J.

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. V, Ch. II, § 2. With Regard to the Persons of Penitents, n. 550 — — Penitents of little piety and rarely approaching the tribunal of Penance, for example only at Paschal time, must be treated by the confessor with that dexterity by which, in a few moments, he knows how to question them… Read in context →

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 69 passages

Ch. I, Question IV: Concerning Customary Sinners and Recidivists, nn. ¶2025–¶2093 (69 passages)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 5 passages

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. V, Ch. III, Art. III, Habitual Sinners, and Recidivists, nn. 449, 450, 451, 452 & 453 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Clement Marc, C.SS.R. — 14 passages

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. III, Art. I, § 5, Or Denying, Or Deferring Absolution, nn. ¶1813, ¶1814, ¶1815, ¶1816 & ¶1817 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. III, Art. II, § 1. On The Obligation Of The Confessor Toward Penitents Diverse From The State Of Soul, nn. ¶2, ¶3, ¶1826, ¶1827, ¶4, ¶1828, ¶1829, ¶1830 & ¶1831 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Anthony Konings, C.SS.R. — 13 passages

Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE SACRAMENT …, PART THIRD: ON THE MINISTE…, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the Manner of Acting with Various Kinds of Penitents, nn. ¶24, ¶1470, ¶1471, ¶1472, ¶1473, ¶1474, ¶1475, ¶1476, ¶1477, ¶1478, ¶1479, ¶1480 & ¶1481 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 54 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fifth Part: On the Subject…, Question Two: On the Requi…, Article I: On Customary Sinners and Relapsers, nn. 657, 658, 659, 660, 661 & 662 (54 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. III, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the Offices of the Confessor in Particular, nn. 803 & 804 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P. — 91 passages

Diss. I, Chapter I — Propositions condemned by the Holy See, nn. 60, LX, VI & XI (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Diss. IV, Chapter II — The true image of a converted sinner, from the holy Scriptures and the Fathers, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII & IX (18 passages — hover a number to read it)

Diss. IV, Chapter III — Several questions concerning absolution to be imparted or deferred to relapsing sinners, and to those engaged in an occasion of sinning, nn. I, II, I, II, III, IV, V, I, II, III, IV, V, VI–XL, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, I, II, III, IV, V, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII & VIII (69 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 8 passages

Slater, Cases II, Penance, Case 25. A Recidivist, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology

Various; ed. S. Woywod, O.F.M., and J. A. McHugh, O.P. — 5 passages

Vol. V, Case LXXI: Treatment of an Habitual Drunkard in the Confessional, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4 & ¶5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)