A Topic of Moral Theology
The Power of Dispensing
Who can dispense from a law: the legislator, his successors, and those to whom the power is given.
The works themselves ask 20 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
who can dispense from a law · who grants dispensations (ed.)
In the index as Dispensation (Dispensatio) · Bishop (Episcopus) · Jurisdiction (Jurisdictio) · Promulgation of law · Pope (Papa) · DISPENSATION OF LAW · Pastor (Parochus) · Delegated jurisdiction · Ecclesiastical power · Legislative power · Power · Parish priest · Subdelegation · Travelers · Abbot · Apostolic Prefect · Apostolic administrator · Cessation of law · Confessors · Delegated faculty · Delegates to princes · Delegation · Holy See · Interpretation (Interpretatio)
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
§ 1. On the Power of Dispensing., nn. 181, 182, 183 & 184 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. VIII, § III, Point II. On the Power of Dispensing, nn. 181, 182, 183 & 184 (4 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. I, Treatise On Laws, Part One. On Laws in General, Ch. VII, Article I. On the Power of Dispensing, nn. ¶1, ¶2, 115 & 116 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. III, Art. VIII, § 2. On the Cessation of the Obligation of Law by Dispensation, n. 240 — 240. Author of dispensation. "Dispensation ... can be conceded by the maker of the law, by his successor or superior, and also by him to whom they have conceded the faculty of dispensing." The legislator himself or his d… Read in context →
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Part First: On the First P…, Tr. II, Diss. II, Ch. V, Art. III, § 1. On the Power of Dispensing, nn. ¶229, ¶230, ¶231, ¶232, ¶233, ¶234, ¶235 & ¶236 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON LAWS, FIRST PART: ON LAWS IN GEN…, Ch. VII, ARTICLE I: ON THE POWER OF DISPENSING, nn. ¶1, ¶149, ¶150, ¶151, ¶152, ¶153, ¶154, ¶155, ¶156, ¶157, ¶158, ¶159, ¶160 & ¶161 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Sixth Part: On Ecclesiasti…, Third Question: On the Mut…, Article III: On Dispensation, nn. 383, 384 & 385 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. III, Pt. I, Ch. X, Article I. On the Power of Dispensing, nn. ¶1, 99, 100, 100, Q. 2, 100, Q. 3, 100, Q. 4, 100, Q. 5 & 100, Q. 6 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Dispensations — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · 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.)