A Topic of Moral Theology
The Remission of Penalties
The Remission of Penalties, as treated in Wouters (Part IV. On the Remission of Penalties).
Also asked about as…
absolution from a censure · getting an excommunication lifted · lifting a church penalty · remission of penalty (ed.)
In the index as Remission of penalty · Ecclesiastical penalty
In the manuals
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. I, Part IV. On the Remission of Penalties, n. 861 — I. The act of remission. Medicinal penalties are remitted through absolution, vindicative penalties through dispensation (canon 2236, § 1). II. Competent person. Remission of a penalty in general can be granted by him wh… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Ecclesiastical Penalties in General — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Theologia Christiana III · 1917 Code of Canon Law · Decretals of Gregory IX · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)