Who Can Be Ordained Validly

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J.

Vol. II, Bk. VIII, Chapter III. The Subject of Orders, n. 1 — To be able to receive Orders validly, the subject must be of the male sex and baptized (Can. 968). It has always been understood in the Church that women cannot receive Christian Orders. Moreover, an adult must have at l… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. III, Part I. On the Person Receiving Orders, n. 604 — The subject capable of receiving ordination is every baptized male who has not yet received it (canon 968, § 1). It is said every, even infants and those perpetually without use of reason. "By the concordant judgment of … Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. III, Pt. III, Section I. On the Requisites for Valid Reception, n. 606 — I. In infants and those perpetually without use of reason, no intention is required; this follows from the fact that they are incapable of eliciting an intention and yet, if they are ordained, they receive ordination val… Read in context →

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. VII, Ch. III, § 2. Who Are Validly Ordained, nn. 689 & 690 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 5 passages

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IX, Chapter III. On The Subject Of Order, n. 601 — 601. Preliminary note. Here we treat of those conditions which are required on the part of the subject for valid and licit ordination. For valid ordination three things are required, namely, that the ordinand: 1. be male… Read in context →

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IX, Ch. III, Article I. On The Qualities Of The Ordinand Required By Divine Law, nn. ¶84, 602, 603 & 604 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 13 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Order, Question Five: On the Subject of Order, nn. ¶1 & 737 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J.

Vol. II, Tr. XVII, Chapter IV. On the Subject of the Sacrament of Order, n. 834 — I say 1°. Only a baptized male validly receives sacred ordination ... (Can. 968, § 1, as below). For women by divine institution are altogether incapable of any Order, both from Sacred Letters, especially I Timothy ii, 1… Read in context →

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

Issued by order of Pope St. Pius V — 3 passages

Pt. II, The Sacrament of Holy Orders, nn. ¶66, ¶67 & ¶68 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)

Pope Gregory IX — 3 passages

Bk. III, Title XLIII: On an Unbaptized Priest, cc. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)