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The Requisites for Valid Ministration

What is required in the minister — matter, form and intention — for a sacrament to be validly conferred.

The works themselves ask 5 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

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valid administration of a sacrament · what makes a sacrament valid (ed.)

In the index as Sacraments · To administer a sacrament · Rubrics · Conditional · Intention · Sacrament · Baptism · Celebration of Mass · Condition · Conditions · Ministration of the sacraments · Reception of a Sacrament · Roman Ritual · Spiritual necessity of neighbor · The Sick

In the manuals

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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 8 passages

Vol. III, Book First. On the Sacrame…, Question Third. On the Min…, Article Fourth. On the Requisites for Licit Administration, nn. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 & 35 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R.

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. I, Diss. II, Pt. II, Section I. On the Requisites for Valid Ministration, n. 13 — I. For the valid ministration of the sacraments, faith and sanctity are not required in the minister. With respect to faith, this is of faith as regards Baptism; certain as regards the other sacraments. With respect to s… Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. — 6 passages

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 1. The Sacraments in …, Requisites for Valid Ministration, nn. 2665, 2666, 2667 & 2668 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 1. The Sacraments in …, For Lawful Ministration, nn. 2669 & 2670 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Ch. III, Article I. On the Attention and Intention of the Minister, nn. 636, Q. 2 & 636, Q. 3 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P. — 3 passages

Diss. I, Chapter I — Propositions condemned by the Church, n. XII — XII. Baptism is valid conferred by a minister who observes the whole external rite and form of baptizing; but within, in his heart, resolves with himself: I do not intend to do what the Church does. This is the 30th.Read in context →

Diss. I, Chapter IV — On the ministers of the sacraments, nn. VII & X (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Mode of Ministering — Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)