A Topic of Moral Theology
The Obligation of Absolving
When absolution must be given, when deferred, and when denied.
The works themselves ask 8 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Absolution (Absolutio) · Confessor · Penitent · Jurisdiction · Absolution when · Absolution from a censure, in the external forum, internal forum · Absolution to be denied · Denial · Obligation of administering a sacrament · Penance · Religious Superior · A confessor admitting to first Communion · Absolution to be conceded · Acceptance of death · Certainty · Certitude · Companion for reciting the breviary · Conditional absolution · Confession · Delay · Delay of conversion · Delay of sacramental absolution · Disposition · Disposition in reception of a Sacrament
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. III, Question Three. Concerning…, Article Three. Concerning …, Section 3. Concerning the Obligation of Absolving., n. 391 — 391. Concerning Absolution to Be Granted, Deferred, or Denied: General Rules. 1. A sufficiently disposed penitent per se must be absolved under grave sin from justice; for a. a rightly disposed penitent has the right of … Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On the Sacrament of Penance, Faculties and Privileges o…, 9 March 1870), nn. ¶55, ¶56, ¶57, ¶58, ¶59, ¶60, ¶61, ¶62, ¶63, ¶64, ¶65, ¶66 & ¶67 (13 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 Penance, n. 809 (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 Sacrament …, Pt. III, Ch. II, Art. I, § I, Point IV. On the Office of Judge, nn. ¶1, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626 & 627 (41 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Moral Part — Chapter II: On the Confessor, nn. 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488 & 489 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Ch. II, Sect. 5, Article 6: Sacramental Absolution, nn. ¶2, ¶3, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. V, Chapter V: The Right Use of Power, nn. 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497 & 498 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. III, Art. I, § 5, Or Denying, Or Deferring Absolution, nn. ¶1813, ¶1814, ¶1815, ¶1816 & ¶1817 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE SACRAMENT …, PART THIRD: ON THE MINISTE…, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On the Duties of the Confessor, nn. ¶12, ¶13, ¶1427 & ¶1428 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. IV, Question Second: Concernin…, Article III: Concerning the Obligation of Granting, Denying, or Deferring Absolution, nn. ¶3652–¶3681, ¶3691, ¶3692 & ¶3693 (33 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fourth Part: On the Minist…, Question Three: On the Dut…, Article II: On the Duties in the Act of Confession, nn. 614 & 615 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. III, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On the Offices of the Confessor in General, n. 798, Q. 4 — Question 4. To whom properly is absolution to be denied? Resp. Many classes of penitents to whom absolution is to be denied are enumerated by diverse authors; but it can be said more briefly and more generally: it is to … Read in context →
The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Case XXII: Absolving Penitents Without Admonition, 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 Absolution — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases II — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)