A Topic of Moral Theology
Visions, Locutions and Revelations
Extraordinary graces and private revelations: their kinds, their dangers and illusions, the signs for discerning the good spirit from the evil, and the authority the Church gives them.
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apparitions · discernment of spirits · extraordinary graces · private revelations (ed.)
In the index as Visions · Revelations · Contemplation · Extraordinary signs of contrition · Gregory the Great, St. · Locutions (grace of contemplation) · Pious penitents · Poulain, A., (S.J.) · Private revelations · Supernatural revelations
In the manuals
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Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Moral Part — Chapter II: On the Confessor, n. 556 — 556. (F) On the Extraordinary Graces of the Devout. Sometimes also God illumines the devout by a special light or vision, or consoles them with extraordinary consolations. But since in this matter illusions and hallucina… Read in context →
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. IV, Pt. I, Chapter IV: Kinds of Prayer, nn. ¶30 & ¶34–¶48 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. III, Art. II, § 1. On The Obligation Of The Confessor Toward Penitents Diverse From The State Of Soul, n. ¶1846 — 1846. III. Often certain GRACES are granted with the gift of contemplation, such as visions, locutions, and revelations, which it is of great interest to distinguish from false ones. - Now: 1\. VISIONS (whether external,… Read in context →