A Topic of Moral Theology
The Obligation of Judging the Disposition
The Obligation of Judging the Disposition, as treated in Noldin (Article Three. Concerning the Obligation of Questioning Penitents.).
In the index as Disposition · Absolution · Sign · Delay · Obligations of the confessor · Penitent
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 2. Concerning the Obligation of Judging the Disposition., nn. 389 & 390 (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 II: On the Duties in the Act of Confession, nn. 616 & 617 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Obligations of the Minister in Reference to the Recipient — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology — this work does not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so its treatment stands one heading up (ed.)