A Topic of Moral Theology

Informity and Reviviscence of the Sacraments

Sacraments validly but fruitlessly received, and their later revival.

Also asked about as…

obstacle of grace · sacrament received in mortal sin revives (ed.)

In the index as Sacrament · Obstacle of grace · Revivescence · Obex · Disposition · Reviviscence of the sacraments · Unformed · Fiction · Formless · Priest · Reviviscence · To Seek · Unworthy · Attrition · Extreme Unction · Informity · Removal · Revival · Unformed faith

In the manuals

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. I, Diss. I, Pt. III, Sect. II, Scholion. On the Informity and Reviviscence of the Sacraments, nn. 10 & 11 (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, Treatise On the Sacraments…, Ch. IV, Article II. On the Requisites for the Licit Reception of the Sacraments, n. 232 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. I, Ch. III, Art. I, Namely, Grace, § 3. On The Reviviscence Of The Sacraments, nn. 41, 42 & 43 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Third Part: On the Effects…, Ch. I, Question Three: On the Time at Which Grace Is Caused by the Sacraments, nn. ¶1, 56, 57 & 58 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Ch. IV, Article II. On the Requisites for the Licit Reception of the Sacraments, nn. 648, 648, Q. 2, 648, Q. 3, 648, Q. 4 & 648, Q. 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

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

Vol. IV, Case XXII: Does the Effect of Extreme Unction Revive?, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Sacraments in General — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases II · The Roman Catechism · Spirago · 1917 Code of Canon Law and 1 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)