A Topic of Moral Theology
The Conferral of Sanctifying Grace
The Conferral of Sanctifying Grace, as treated in Wouters (Section II. On the Conferral of Sanctifying Grace).
Also asked about as…
grace given by confession · state of grace after confession (ed.)
In the index as Penance · Act of repenting · Destruction · Mortal · Remission
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. I, Pt. III, Section II. On the Conferral of Sanctifying Grace, n. 283 — That sanctifying grace is conferred upon the penitent follows from the fact that the remission of mortal sins formally takes place through the infusion of grace, or at least in this order does not take place without that… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Second Part: On the Effect…, Question One: On the Remission of Mortal Sins, nn. ¶1, 453, 454, 455 & 456 (22 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading What Penance forgives — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · The Roman Catechism · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)