A Topic of Moral Theology

The Subject Liable to the Power of Punishing

The Subject Liable to the Power of Punishing, as treated in Wouters (Part III. On the Subject Liable to the Power of Punishing).

Also asked about as…

are children liable to church penalties · who can be punished by the church · who is subject to ecclesiastical penalties (ed.)

In the index as Ecclesiastical penalty · Eternal and temporal punishments · Application of penalties · Children below puberty · Ignorance · Infamy · Those under puberty · Vagabond

In the manuals

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. I, Part III. On the Subject Liable to the Power of Punishing, nn. ¶1, 857, 858, 859 & 860 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. VI, Ch. I, Article II. On The Author And Subject Of An Ecclesiastical Penalty, nn. 473 & 474 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Ecclesiastical Penalties in General — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · 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.)