A Topic of Moral Theology

The Subject of Confirmation

Who is to be confirmed, at what age, and with what dispositions.

Within this topic

In the index as Confirmation · Sacrament of Confirmation · Bishop · Age · Sponsor · Subject of confirmation · Affinity · Delay · Disposition · Name (Nomen) · Sponsors · Subjects of the Sacraments · The insane · Age for Confirmation · Age for Sacraments · Article of death · Certificate · Dispositions for prayer · Fasting · Infant or child · Infants · Knowledge · Minors · Notation

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Book Third. On Confirmation, Question Fourth. On the Subject of Confirmation, nn. 91, 92 & 93 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. IV, Chapter III. The Subject of Confirmation, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. III, Diss. I, Part IV. On the Necessity of Confirmation, nn. 116 & 117 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. III, Dissertation III. On the Reception of Confirmation, nn. 123, 124 & 125 (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 Confirmation, n. 489 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, On Confirmation, II. On the Minister and Subject of Confirmation, nn. 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493 & 494 (11 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)

115. On the Minister and Subject of Confirmation, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. II, Treatise On Confirmation, Chapter III. On the Subject of Confirmation, nn. ¶1, ¶2, 270 & 271 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Ch. II, Section 3: Baptism and Confirmation, n. ¶12 — Each person confirmed ought to have a separate sponsor, whose obligations are similar to those assumed by the sponsor at Baptism. Codex Iuris Can., can. 794, 797.Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. III, Chapter IV. On The Subject Of Confirmation, nn. 160 & 161 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. III, Chapter III: On the Subject of Confirmation, nn. ¶1499, ¶1500 & ¶1501 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. II, TREATISE ON CONFIRMATION, CHAPTER III: ON THE SUBJECT OF CONFIRMATION, nn. ¶1276 & ¶1277 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Confirmation, Question Four: On the Subject of Confirmation, nn. ¶1, 190, 191 & 192 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XIII, Chapter III. On the Subject of Confirmation, nn. 674, 675, 675, Q. 2, 675, Q. 3, 675, Q. 4, 675, Q. 5, 675, Q. 6, 675, Q. 7, 675, Q. 8, 675, Q. 9, 675, Q. 10 & 675, Q. 11 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. I, Chapter II — The lax propositions of the casuists, nn. VI, VIII & XIV (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Diss. II, Chapter VI — On the sacrament of Confirmation, n. VI — VI. QUESTION VI. Who are capable of receiving this sacrament? ANSWER. All the baptized, whether men or women, or infants, are by right capable of that sacrament, as the custom both of the Latin and of the Greek Church pr… Read in context →

The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)

Pt. II, The Sacrament of Confirmation, nn. ¶26, ¶27, ¶28, ¶29, ¶30, ¶31, ¶32, ¶33 & ¶34 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, Case XLI: The Age for Confirmation, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. V, Case XLI: Necessity of Confirmation, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

The 1917 Code of Canon Law

Tit. II, Chapter II: Of the Subject of Confirmation, cann. 786, 787, 788 & 789 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tit. II, Chapter III: Of the Time and Place of Conferring Confirmation, cann. 790, 791 & 792 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tit. II, Chapter IV: Of Sponsors, cann. 793, 794, 795 & 796 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. III, Article II: On the Minister and Subject of Confirmation, nn. 266, 267, 268, 269 & 270 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Confirmation — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Slater, Cases II · Spirago · Decretum of Gratian — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)