A Topic of Moral Theology

The Existence of the Sacrament of Confirmation

The Existence of the Sacrament of Confirmation, as treated in Wouters (Part I. On the Existence of the Sacrament of Confirmation).

Also asked about as…

institution of confirmation (ed.)

In the index as Confirmation · A slap received · Baptism · Chrism · Institution of the Sacraments · Sacramental character

In the manuals

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. III, Diss. I, Part I. On the Existence of the Sacrament of Confirmation, n. 111 — Confirmation is a true sacrament of the New Law. This is of faith from these words of the Council of Trent: "If anyone says that the Confirmation of the baptized is an idle ceremony and not rather a true and proper sacra… Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. III, Ch. I, Existence, And Effects Of Confirmation, nn. ¶24, 150, 151, 152 & 153 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Confirmation, Question One: On the Sacra…, Article I: On the Institution of Confirmation, nn. ¶1, 176, 177 & 178 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

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

Pt. II, The Sacrament of Confirmation, nn. ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Confirmation — 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 · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases II and 4 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)