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The subject of Confirmation and its sponsor

Who may be confirmed; the age; the sponsor

The works themselves ask 12 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

age for confirmation · who can be confirmed (ed.)

In the index as Confirmation · Nature, matter, and form of Confirmation · Sponsor · Sponsors · Affinity · Delay · Minister of a sacrament · Obligation of administering a sacrament · Sacrament of Confirmation · Subject of the sacraments, validly receiving · Subjects of the Sacraments · A heretic validly baptized · Acceptance of death · Age · Age for Sacraments · Baptism of the dying · Dispositions for prayer · Infants · Minors · Necessity of the sacraments · Obligation · Of infants, Baptism, in the womb · Precept · Priest blessing

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 3 passages

Vol. II, Bk. IV, Chapter III. The Subject of Confirmation, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

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

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 6 passages

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Confirmation, n. 494 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 6 passages

Vol. III, On Confirmation, II. On the Minister and Subject of Confirmation, nn. 489, 490, 491, 492, 493 & 494 (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. — 2 passages

115. On the Minister and Subject of Confirmation, n. 6 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 5 passages

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. III, Article II: On the Minister and Subject of Confirmation, nn. 266, 267, 268, 269 & 270 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P.

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. III, Chapter V. On The Ceremonies Of Confirmation, n. 163 — 163. 2. A sponsor is required in confirmation under pain of grave sin, just as in baptism. Thus the common opinion. A case of grave necessity is excepted, namely, when a legitimate sponsor cannot be had. There is to be o… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 11 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Confirmation, Question Four: On the Subject of Confirmation, nn. ¶1, 190, 191 & 192 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 3 passages

Vol. II, Tr. XIII, Chapter III. On the Subject of Confirmation, nn. 675, Q. 4, 675, Q. 5 & 675, Q. 7 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)

Issued by order of Pope St. Pius V — 9 passages

Pt. II, The Sacrament of Confirmation, nn. ¶26, ¶27, ¶28, ¶29, ¶30, ¶31, ¶32, ¶33 & ¶34 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Subject of Confirmation — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Koch–Preuss · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium · 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.)