A Topic of Moral Theology
Validity independent of the minister's faith and holiness
Defined at Trent; sacraments from heretics and sinners.
Also asked about as…
does a sinful priest's mass count (ed.)
In the index as Minister · Diaconate · State of grace · Cooperation · Disposition · Layman · Minister of sacraments · Minister of the Sacraments · Probity · Sacrament · Sacrilege · Sanctity · Subdiaconate
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. II, Ch. III, Section II. The Faith and Holiness of the Minister, n. 1 — Neither faith nor the state of holiness and friendship with God is necessary in the minister for the validity of the sacraments which he confers. This is of faith, and it was defined by the Council of Trent. The sacramen… 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 Sacraments in General, n. 349 (11 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 the Sacraments…, Ch. III, Art. I, Intention, Faith, and Probity of the …, § III. On the Faith and Probity of the Minister, n. 207 (2 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 II: On the Faith and Sanctity Required in the Minister for Licit Ministration, nn. ¶1, 75, 76, 77, 78 & 79 (36 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. II, The Sacraments in General, nn. ¶56, ¶57 & ¶58 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Faith and Holiness of the Minister — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)