A Topic of Moral Theology

The Restriction of Jurisdiction

How a confessor's jurisdiction may be limited, and by whom.

In the index as Penance · Reservation of cases · Jurisdiction · CONFESSOR · Confession · Bishop · Jurisdiction in the SACRAMENTAL forum · Approbation of a Confessor · Delegation · Pastor · An internal act · Capuchins · Chaplains · Comedies · Confessor of Regulars · Conservatories · Doubt · Error · Examination of conscience · Fellow-student alumni in houses of Regulars · Ignorance · Nuns · Papal cases · Pilgrims

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. III, Question II. On the Restriction of Jurisdiction., n. 354 — 354. Restriction of Jurisdiction. Jurisdiction, since it is concerned with a divisible object and is conferred by the free will of man, can be restricted and limited in various ways: a. With respect to persons, as if som… Read in context →

Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On the Sacrament of Penance, Faculties and Privileges o…, 9 March 1870), n. ¶33 — N. 560. - On the Restriction of Faculties for Regular Confessors. "The S. C.... judged that the aforesaid Regulars, of St. Francis, approved by the Ordinaries of places for hearing the confessions of secular persons, cannot be prohibited by the same Ordinaries from hearing the confessi… Read in context →

Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Penance, nn. 763, 768, 786, 787, 769, 781 & 786 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, On Penance, IX. On the Jurisdiction of the Confessor, nn. 767, 768, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779, 780 & 781 (10 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)

129. Jurisdiction of the Confessor, n. 2 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. V, Ch. III, Art. I, § 5. On the Restriction of Jurisdiction, nn. ¶56, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422 & 423 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. I, Article III: On The Limitation Of Jurisdiction As Regards Persons, n. ¶1757 — 1757. To be noted beforehand. Jurisdiction, which is necessarily required for valid absolution, has this proper to itself, that it descends as it were by degrees from Superiors to inferiors. Consequently, the inferior po… Read in context →

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. I, Art. III, § 1. On The Concession Of Jurisdiction With Respect To Regulars, nn. ¶1758, ¶1, ¶1759, ¶1760, ¶1761, ¶2, ¶1762 & ¶1763 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. I, Art. III, § 2. On The Concession Of Jurisdiction With Respect To Nuns, nn. ¶1764 & ¶1765 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. I, Article IV: On The Limitation Of Jurisdiction As Regards Sins, n. ¶1766 — 1766. Jurisdiction is restricted either generally, so that Superiors alone, with all inferiors excluded, can absolve; or specially, so that the power of absolving is taken away from only one, but not from the other confe… Read in context →

Pastoral Questions

Ch. II, Question III: Concerning the Limitation of Jurisdiction as to Persons, nn. ¶3319, ¶3320, ¶3325, ¶3326, ¶3327, ¶3328 & ¶3329 (7 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 Second: On the Gr…, Article III: On the Limitation of Jurisdiction with Respect to Persons, nn. ¶1 & 587 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. I, Chapter I — Propositions condemned by the Holy See, n. LXXI — LXXI. The same, Vol. I, On Condemned Propositions, tract 2, consultation, from no. 54, folio 97: “A priest, at least a regular, approved with a limitation for a certain kind of persons, or for this or that place, can by … Read in context →

Diss. III, Chapter II — On the jurisdiction of the minister of the sacrament of Penance, n. XVIII — XVIII. Bishops can from a just cause limit the jurisdiction of hearing confessions in a church, before sunrise, after sunset, and of women. But without a just and reasonable cause they cannot limit this jurisdiction, at … Read in context →

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Slater, Cases II, Penance, Case 10. Confessor of Nuns, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Jurisdiction to absolve — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)