A Topic of Moral Theology
The Special Faculties of Confessors
The faculties given to confessors for a jubilee, and the limits set to them.
Also asked about as…
jubilee absolution from reserved sins · special faculties during a jubilee (ed.)
In the index as Dispensation (Dispensatio) · Jubilee · Age (Aetas) · Bishop (Episcopus) · Commutation · Little page of the Sacred Penitentiary · Privileged Altar (Altare privilegiatum) · Vicar General (Vicarius Generalis) · Alms (Eleemosyna) · Bell (Campana) · Confraternity (Confraternitas) · Disparity of Cult (Cultus disparitas) · Faculties granted during the time of Jubilee · Modification of a last will · Reserved vows (Reservata vota) · Revalidation of Matrimony (Revalidatio Matrimonii) · Vow (Votum)
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Appendix. On Indulgences, Pt. II, Sect. VIII, Ch. II, Article II. On the Special Faculties of Confessors, nn. 555 & 556 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On the Jubilee, n. ¶27 — On the Extraordinary Use of the Faculties of the Jubilee. "Whether Confessors can use the extraordinary faculties toward him who indeed asks to be absolved and dispensed, but does not have the will of performing the enjoined works and of gaining the Jubilee? Resp. Negatively." … 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 the Jubilee, n. 1374 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Appendix: On Indulgences, nn. 640, 641 & 642 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, Decrees, Declarations, and Instruct…, III. Faculties, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5 & ¶6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. VII, Article IV. On The Jubilee Indulgence, n. 561 — 561. The special faculties granted to confessors during a jubilee are: 1. The faculty of absolving from almost all reserved sins and censures, provided, however, that a salutary penance and other things to be enjoined by… Read in context →
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Appendix I: Various Faculties Which The Holy See Is Accustomed To Concede To Bishops Or Confessors, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The jubilee: what it is and its conditions — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Theologia Christiana III · 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.)