A Topic of Moral Theology
The Obligation of Correcting Defects
The defects a confessor may commit, and how he is bound to repair them.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Error (Error) · Confessor · Seal of Confession · A confessor admitting to first Communion · Defect · Defects · Defects in the celebration of Mass · Errors committed by a confessor · License · Obligations of the confessor · Reparation · Restitution to be made by a religious · Confession · Correction · Damage · Defects in confession · Erroneous · Injury · Minister of the Sacrament of Penance · Repetition · Secret
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 Eight. Concerning the Obligation of Correcting Defects., nn. 401, 402, 403, 404 & 405 (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, § I. On the Obligation of Correcting Defects Committed in Confession, nn. 643, 644, 645 & 646 (14 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, n. 490 — 1° On the Obligation of Correcting Defects, or Errors. 490. A threefold defect can occur: (a) concerning the value of the sacrament, for example, if the confessor has not absolved, or has absolved without jurisdiction, or has absolved one indisposed; (b) concerning the integ… Read in context →
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. V, Ch. II, § 3. With Regard to Repairing Defects, nn. 554, 555, 556 & 557 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. V, Ch. III, Art. II, § 3, 1. On the Obligation of Correcting Defects or Errors, nn. ¶58, 440, 441 & 442 (4 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. II, § I. On the Obligation of Correcting Defects Committed in Confession, nn. ¶1487 & ¶1488 (2 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 III: On the Duties after the Act of Confession, n. 629 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. III, Ch. II, Art. II, § I. On the Obligation of Correcting Defects Committed in Confession, nn. 808, 809 & 810 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Office of the Confessor — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, On Chastity · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Concina, Compendium · The Roman Catechism · The Casuist · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)