A Topic of Moral Theology
The Matter of the Seal
What falls under the seal of confession, directly and indirectly, and what does not.
The works themselves ask 10 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Seal of confession · Matter of the seal · Confession · Confessor · Presumption · Superior · Accomplice · Interpreter · Knowledge · Those Violating · Use · Violation · Certificate · Circumstances of sin · Defect · Flight · Government · Notice · Object · Paper · Place · Preachers · Prelates · Scruples
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. III, Question Three. Concerning…, Article Nine. Concerning t…, Section 3. Concerning the Matter of the Seal., nn. ¶1, 411, 412, 413 & 414 (5 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 Sacrament …, Pt. III, Ch. II, Art. II, § II, Point I. On the Obligation of the Seal, n. 649 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. III, Ch. II, Art. II, § II. On the Seal to be Preserved After Confession Has Been Heard, nn. ¶1, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 819, 819, Q. 2, 819, Q. 3, 819, Q. 4, 819, Q. 5 & 819 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Penance, Case 31. Unlawful Use of Confessional Matter, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The nature and source of the seal — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)