A Topic of Moral Theology

Repeating Extreme Unction

Once in the same danger; a new danger in the same illness.

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a second anointing in the same illness · anointing more than once (ed.)

In the index as Extreme Unction · The demented · Anointing in confirmation · Death · Heretic · Infirmity · Iteration · Minors · Precept · Public sinners · Repetition · Repetition of the sacraments · Sickness · The dying · The elderly

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. VII, Chapter III. The Recipient of Extreme Unction, n. 2 — This sacrament may only be given once in the same sickness and in the same danger, but if the sickness be prolonged and after partial recovery the sick person again becomes dangerously ill, Extreme Unction may be repeate… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VI, Diss. III, Part III. On the Repeated Reception of Extreme Unction, nn. 586 & 587 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. VIII, Article IV. On The Subject Of Extreme Unction, n. 582 — 582. Extreme Unction cannot be repeated (validly and licitly) in the same illness and in the same danger of death, because the efficacy of this sacrament endures as long as the same danger of death remains for which it w… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Extreme Unction, Question Four: On the Subject of Extreme Unction, nn. ¶1, 704, 705, 706 & 707 (28 passages — hover a number to read it)

Questions of Moral Theology

Slater, Questions, Repetition of Extreme Unction, nn. ¶842–¶858, ¶860, ¶861, ¶862, ¶863, ¶864, ¶866, ¶867, ¶868, ¶869, ¶871, ¶872, ¶873, ¶875, ¶876, ¶878, ¶879, ¶880, ¶881, ¶883, ¶884, ¶885, ¶886, ¶888, ¶889, ¶890, ¶891, ¶893, ¶894, ¶895 & ¶896 (47 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Recipient of Extreme Unction — Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Koch–Preuss · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · The Roman Catechism · The Casuist · 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.)