A Topic of Moral Theology
Who can dispense
The Pope, bishops, religious superiors, parish priests; delegated power; the need of a cause.
The works themselves ask 8 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
who can grant a dispensation (ed.)
In the index as Dispensation · Bishop · A superior · Roman Pontiff · Law · Parish priest · Pope · Travelers · Apostolic administrator · Approbation · Bishops · Confessors · Council · Jurisdiction · Mendicant religious orders · Parish priests · Pilgrims · Power · Religious prelates · Religious superior · Supreme Pontiff · Vicar General
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. III, Ch. IX, Section III. Dispensations, nn. 2 & 3 (2 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 Laws, n. 237, 241, 242 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Laws, VII. On Dispensation, nn. 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246 & 247 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. III, Art. VIII, § 2. On the Cessation of the Obligation of Law by Dispensation, nn. 241, 243, 244, 246 & 250 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Sixth Part: On Ecclesiasti…, Third Question: On the Mut…, Article III: On Dispensation, nn. 383, 384 & 385 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Bk. III, Diss. VI, Chapter IX — On the causes excusing from reciting the Canonical Hours, n. IX — IX. Question V. Who can dispense from reciting the office? Answer. The supreme Pontiff, as the supreme guardian of the laws and the maker of ecclesiastical law, can dispense, for a just cause, throughout the universal Ch… Read in context →
Bk. III, Diss. IX, Chapter V — On the cessation, invalidation, dispensation, and commutation of vows, n. XIX — XIX. Question XVI. To whom, by ordinary law, does the faculty of dispensing in vows belong? Answer. It belongs first to the supreme Pontiff, Pastor and Head of the universal Church, and Vicar of Christ on earth; then to … Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Dispensations — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)