A Topic of Moral Theology
The Power of the Confessor
The Power of the Confessor, as treated in Wouters (§ IV. On the Power of the Confessor).
The works themselves ask 8 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
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confessor dispensing a marriage impediment · dispensation in confession (ed.)
In the index as Dispensation · Power in dispensing · Approval of a confessor · Betrothed parties · Death · Impediment of marriage · Internal and external forum · Jurisdiction · Matrimonial dispensation · Occult sinner · Pastor · Reserved cases · Sacramental seal · The dying
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Pt. II, Insofar as It Is a Sacrament, Particularly, Sect. III, Ch. IV, Art. I, § IV. On the Power of the Confessor, n. 808 — The confessor sufficiently probably enjoys the same power of dispensing as the pastor and the priest assisting at marriage according to the norm of canon 1098, n. 2. The reason is taken from the fact that canon 1044 decl… Read in context →
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, Chapter I. On the Power of the Minister, nn. ¶1 & 537 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. VI, Art. II, § 4. Concerning the Power of the Confessor, nn. 191, ¶6468, 192 & ¶6470 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Third Part: On the Impedim…, Question Four: On Dispensation from Impediments, n. 922 (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)
156. Value of Dispensation, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Who can dispense from diriment impediments — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910) · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Palmieri, On Christian Marriage · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases II — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)