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Religion of Women

Religious women and their institutes, and the jurisdiction and confessors appointed for them.

Also asked about as…

confession for sisters · confessors for nuns · women religious and their confessor (ed.)

In the index as Confessor · Religious women · Jurisdiction · Nuns · Bishop · Confessor of Nuns · Approbation necessary for hearing confessions · Conservatories · Jurisdiction in the SACRAMENTAL forum · Postulants · Superioresses

In the manuals

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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 5 passages

Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. III, Q. I, Article V. On Jurisdiction over Religious Women., nn. 349, 350, 351, 352 & 353 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 3 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, Scholion. On Confessors to…, III. Religion of Women, nn. 376, 377 & 378 (3 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. 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422 & 423 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Clement Marc, C.SS.R. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. I, Art. III, § 2. On The Concession Of Jurisdiction With Respect To Nuns, nn. ¶1764 & ¶1765 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 27 passages

Ch. II, Question III: Concerning the Limitation of Jurisdiction as to Persons, nn. ¶3339–¶3365 (27 passages)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 28 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fourth Part: On the Minist…, Question Second: On the Gr…, Article III: On the Limitation of Jurisdiction with Respect to Persons, nn. 589, 590 & 591 (28 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Confessors to Be Deputed for Religious — Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)