A Topic of Moral Theology
The Faith and Holiness of the Minister
Whether the minister's faith or state of grace affects the sacrament, and the sacrilege of administering in mortal sin.
The works themselves ask 24 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
In the index as Sacrament · Ministration of the sacraments · Minister · Confessor · Minister of the sacraments · Priest · Sinner · State of grace · Diaconate · Layman · Minister of sacraments · Rite · Subdiaconate · Administration of the sacraments · Attention · Ceremonial of Bishops · Condition · Congregations · Contagion · Cooperation · Deacon · Disposition · Distribution of Communion · Distribution of Holy Communion
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 1. On the Faith and Power of the Minister, n. 18 — 18. How far they are required. 1. For validly confecting the sacraments, neither faith nor uprightness or the state of grace is required in the minister: for the sacraments do not have their efficacy from the disposition… Read in context →
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. II, Ch. III, Section II. The Faith and Holiness of the Minister, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. I, Diss. II, Pt. II, Section II. On the Requisites for Licit Ministration, nn. ¶1, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 & 30 (7 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. 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358 & 359 (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 …, § III. On the Faith and Probity of the Minister, n. 208 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. I, Ch. V, Article II. On The Faith And Probity Of The Minister, nn. 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 & 60 (6 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 II: On the Faith and Sanctity Required in the Minister for Licit Ministration, nn. ¶1, 75, 76, 77, 78 & 79 (36 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Ch. III, Article II. On the Faith and Probity of the Minister, nn. 637, 638, 638, Q. 2 & 638, Q. 3 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. I, Chapter IV — On the ministers of the sacraments, n. XVIII — XVIII. QUESTION X. Whether a minister conscious to himself of mortal sin is bound to confess sacramentally before he administer a sacrament, if there be opportunity of a confessor and no necessity urge of succouring one … Read in context →
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. II, The Sacraments in General, nn. ¶56, ¶57 & ¶58 (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
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On the Sacraments in General, n. 349 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Minister of the Sacraments — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Slater, Cases II — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)