A Topic of Moral Theology
The Attention and Intention of the Minister
The minister's intention of doing what the Church does, and the attention required for valid and lawful administration.
The works themselves ask 29 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
- The minister's attention
- The minister's intention ▸ 1 subtopics
- The minister and probable opinions about validity
Also asked about as…
condition in the sacraments (ed.)
In the index as Intention · Sacrament · Attention · Minister · Baptism · Condition · Actual · Conditional · Penance · Condition in the sacraments · Distraction · Habitual · Interpretative · Minister of sacraments · Minister of the sacraments · Sacraments · To administer a sacrament · An external act · Conditions · Internal · Interpretative intention · Ministers · Priest · *Publice indigni*
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book First. On the Sacrame…, Question Third. On the Min…, Article First. On the Mini…, Section 2. On the Attention of the Minister, n. 19 — 19. On due attention. Attention is an act of the intellect, namely the application of the mind to those things which are being done. One is internal, which is defined as the very advertence of the mind to that which is b… Read in context →
Vol. III, Book First. On the Sacrame…, Question Third. On the Min…, Article First. On the Mini…, Section 3. On the Intention of the Minister, nn. ¶1, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. II, Ch. III, Section I. The Attention and Intention of the Minister, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On the Sacraments in General, III. On the Minister of the Sacraments, nn. 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347 & 348 (11 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. III, Art. I, Intention, Faith, and Probity of the …, § II. On the Intention of the Minister, nn. 204 & 205 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Ch. II, Section 1: The Moral Requisites of Valid Administration, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5 & ¶6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. I, Ch. V, Article III. On The Attention Of The Minister, n. 61 — 61. Attention is customarily distinguished as twofold: one internal, the other external. Internal attention is the application of the mind to those things which are being done. External attention is partly something nega… Read in context →
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. I, Ch. V, Article IV. On The Intention Of The Minister, nn. 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 & 69 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Fourth Part: On the Cause …, Question Two: On the Minis…, Article III: On the Intention Required in the Minister for Valid Ministration, nn. ¶1, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85 (47 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Ch. III, Article I. On the Attention and Intention of the Minister, nn. 634, 635, 636, 636, Q. 2, 636, Q. 3 & 636, Q. 4 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. I, Chapter IV — On the ministers of the sacraments, nn. II, III, IV, V & VIII (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, The Sacraments in General, Case 5. Simulation of the Sacraments, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. I, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. I, Chapter I. On Intention, nn. 14, 15 & 16 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. I, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. I, Ch. I, Scholion. On the Simulated Administration of a Sacrament, nn. ¶1, 17 & 18 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. I, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. I, Chapter II. On the Other Requisites, nn. ¶1, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24 (7 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)
3. On Intention, nn. 1 & 2 (8 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
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On the Sacraments in General, n. 375 — Simulation of the Sacraments. “29. Urgent fear is a just cause for simulating the administration of the Sacraments.” Proposition condemned by Innocent XI.Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading The Minister of the Sacraments — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)