A Topic of Moral Theology
The Superior Having the Power of Punishing
The Superior Having the Power of Punishing, as treated in Wouters (Part II. On the Superior Having the Power of Punishing).
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authority to punish in the church · who can impose church penalties (ed.)
In the index as Eternal and temporal punishments · Children below puberty · Ecclesiastical penalty
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. I, Part II. On the Superior Having the Power of Punishing, n. 854 — Ecclesiastical penal law treats only of a Superior who enjoys jurisdiction to be exercised in the external forum of the Church. Moreover, insofar as this jurisdiction regards penalties, it is distinguished as twofold: no… Read in context →
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.)