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A Topic of Moral Theology

Supplied Jurisdiction

The jurisdiction the Church supplies in common error or doubt, and when a priest may rely on it.

The works themselves ask 19 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

ecclesia supplet · the church supplies jurisdiction (ed.)

In the index as Jurisdiction · Error · Article of death · Delegation · Parish Priest · Danger of death · Faculties · The Church Supplies · Confession · Doubt · Supplying of jurisdiction · Absolution · Approved Confessor · Approved persons · Church · Confessor · Death · Priest · Reservation · Ship · Those Sailing · Traveller · Bishop · Cessation

In the manuals

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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 3 passages

Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. III, Q. I, Article III. On the Jurisdiction Which the Church Supplies., nn. 344, 345 & 346 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 4 passages

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. III, Sect. I, Scholion. On Supplied Jurisdiction, nn. ¶1, 102, 103 & 104 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 6 passages

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Moral Part — Chapter II: On the Confessor, nn. 398, 401, 402, 403, 404 & 405 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 18 passages

Ch. II, Question II: Concerning the Jurisdiction Which the Church Supplies, nn. ¶3301–¶3318 (18 passages)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 20 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fourth Part: On the Minist…, Question Second: On the Gr…, Article II: On Supplied Jurisdiction, nn. ¶1, 584, 585 & 586 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 15 passages

Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. III, Ch. I, Article I. On the Power of Jurisdiction in General, n. 770, Q. 12 — Question 12. Whether the Church supplies jurisdiction in common error or in positive and probable doubt? Resp. In common error or in positive and probable doubt, whether of law or of fact, the Church supplies jurisdictio… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. III, Ch. I, Article II. On the Jurisdiction of Confessors, nn. 773, 773, Q. 2, 773, Q. 3, 773, Q. 4, 773, Q. 5, 773, Q. 6, 773, Q. 7, 773, Q. 8, 773, Q. 9, 773, Q. 10, 773, Q. 11, 773, Q. 12, 773, Q. 13 & 773, Q. 14 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P. — 5 passages

Diss. I, Chapter I — Propositions condemned by the Holy See, nn. LII, LIII & LIV (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Diss. III, Chapter II — On the jurisdiction of the minister of the sacrament of Penance, nn. XXI & XXII (2 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. — 6 passages

Vol. IV, Case LXI: Supplied Jurisdiction, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5 & ¶6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Power of Jurisdiction and of Making Laws — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)