A Topic of Moral Theology
The Simulated Administration of a Sacrament
The Simulated Administration of a Sacrament, as treated in Wouters (Scholion. On the Simulated Administration of a Sacrament).
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
fake absolution · pretending to consecrate · pretending to give a sacrament (ed.)
In the index as Minister · Intention · Sacrament · Simulation · Fiction of law · Condition · Dissimulation · Fiction · Simulation of a sacrament · Absolution · An unconsecrated host · Attention · Dissimulation of the sacraments · Explicit · Habitual · Implicit · Ministration of the sacraments · Nullity · Predominant intention · Sacrilege · Those Simulating · Threats
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. I, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. I, Ch. I, Scholion. On the Simulated Administration of a Sacrament, nn. ¶1, 17 & 18 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
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 the Sacraments in General, n. 375 — Simulation of the Sacraments. “29. Urgent fear is a just cause for simulating the administration of the Sacraments.” Proposition condemned by Innocent XI.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 Sacraments…, Ch. III, Art. II, § II. On the Obligation of Denying the Sacraments to the Unworthy Who Ask, n. 221 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. I, Ch. V, Article VII. On The Simulation And Dissimulation Of The Sacraments, nn. 81, 82, 83 & 84 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Fourth Part: On the Cause …, Question Two: On the Minis…, Article III: On the Intention Required in the Minister for Valid Ministration, nn. ¶1, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85 (47 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Ch. III, Article IV. On the Obligation of Denying the Sacraments to the Unworthy, n. 643, Q. 2 — Question 2. Is it licit to simulate, or at least to dissimulate, a sacrament, lest it be conferred upon the unworthy? Before an answer is given, it must be noted beforehand what the simulation of a sacrament is and in wh… Read in context →
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. I, Chapter II — The lax propositions of the casuists, n. II — II. Fr. Matthew de Moya in his Select Questions, Vol. I, tract 4, Miscellany, question 2, § 3, nos. 13 and 14: “There is no reason why, on account of fear, at least of death, it should not be lawful to use simulation of … Read in context →
Diss. I, Chapter IV — On the ministers of the sacraments, n. XXII — XXII. QUESTION XIII. Is it lawful to simulate the administration of the sacraments? ANSWER. Simulation is twofold. One express and formal, by which another's deception is directly intended; the other material, which is m… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading The minister's intention — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Slater, Cases II — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)