A Topic of Moral Theology

The Minister of Confirmation

The bishop as ordinary minister of confirmation, and the priests to whom it is extended.

Within this topic

In the index as Confirmation · Bishop · Priest · Delegation · Sacrament of Confirmation · Sponsors · Abbot nullius · Baptism · Cardinals · Delay · Infants · Inscription · Minister of the Sacraments · Ordinaries · Power of Order as regards · Schismatics · Sponsor · Thomas Aquinas, St.

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. IV, Chapter II. The Minister of Confirmation, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. III, Dissertation II. On the Ministration of Confirmation, nn. 118, 119, 120, 121 & 122 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 2. Baptism; Confirmat…, Duties of the Minister, n. 2693 — Duties of the Minister of Baptism. Duties of the Minister of Baptism.—(a) In Reference to the Parents.—If the parents insist on giving an unsuitable name to their child, the pastor should silently add a suitable name of some Saint chosen by himself, and s… Read in context →

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 2. Baptism; Confirmat…, The Minister, n. 2695 — The Minister of Confirmation. The Minister of Confirmation.—(a) Qualifications.—The ordinary minister of this Sacrament is only the bishop; but a priest may act as extraordinary minister, either from the common law (viz., Cardinals, Abbots, etc.), or… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, On Confirmation, II. On the Minister and Subject of Confirmation, nn. 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493 & 494 (11 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)

115. On the Minister and Subject of Confirmation, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (19 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 Confirmation, Chapter II. On the Minister of Confirmation, nn. 267, 268 & 269 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Ch. II, Section 3: Baptism and Confirmation, nn. ¶11 & ¶13 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. III, Chapter III. On The Minister Of Confirmation, nn. ¶25, 158 & 159 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. III, Chapter II: On the Minister of Confirmation, nn. ¶1497 & ¶1498 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. II, TREATISE ON CONFIRMATION, CHAPTER II: ON THE MINISTER OF CONFIRMATION, nn. ¶1274 & ¶1275 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Confirmation, Question Three: On the Minister of Confirmation, nn. ¶1, 186, 187, 188 & 189 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XIII, Chapter II. On the Minister of Confirmation, nn. 672 & 673 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Slater, Cases II, Confirmation, Case 1. Necessity of Confirmation, nn. ¶8 & ¶9 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

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

Pt. II, The Sacrament of Confirmation, nn. ¶22, ¶23, ¶24 & ¶25 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

The 1917 Code of Canon Law

Tit. II, Chapter I: Of the Minister of Confirmation, cann. 782, 783, 784 & 785 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Book Third. On Confirmation, Question Third. On the Minister of Confirmation, nn. 89 & 90 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. III, Article II: On the Minister and Subject of Confirmation, nn. 266, 267, 268, 269 & 270 (5 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 Confirmation, nn. 484 & 485 (27 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Confirmation, n. ¶2 — N. 267 ff. - On a Simple Priest Administering the Sacrament of Confirmation by Delegation of the Apostolic See. Cf. Instr. and Decrees S. C. de P. F. at Acta S. Sed. Vol. 7, p. 306 ff.Read in context →

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. II, Chapter VI — On the sacrament of Confirmation, n. V — V. QUESTION V. Is the bishop alone the ordinary minister of this sacrament? ANSWER. All Catholics affirm it, and this was defined both in the Council of Florence in the Instruction for the Armenians and in Trent, session… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Confirmation — The Casuist · Spirago · Decretum of Gratian — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)