A Topic of Moral Theology
Who can gain an indulgence
A just cause for granting; membership of the Church; intention; state of grace.
Also asked about as…
gaining an indulgence for a soul in purgatory (ed.)
In the index as Indulgence · Prayers · Church · Commutation · Deaf-mute · Indulgences · Intention · Mute person · Plenary indulgence · State of grace · Vagrants · Visitation
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. XII, Chapter II. Conditions Required for Gaining Indulgences, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Appendix. On Indulgences, Pt. I, Sect. III, Chapter I. On the Subject Capable of Gaining Indulgences, n. 491 — In order that someone be capable of gaining indulgences for himself, he must be baptized, not excommunicated, in the state of grace at least at the end of the prescribed works, and a subject of the one granting (canon 92… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fifth Part: On the Subject…, Appendix: On the Penitenti…, Indulgences, and Censures, Article II: On Indulgences, n. 674 (43 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. II, Chapter XI — On indulgences, n. XIII — XIII. That indulgences can be extended to the souls of Purgatory all Catholics teach against the innovators, by way of suffrage, not of judgment and absolution, because the Church cannot exercise jurisdiction over those … Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Conditions Required for Gaining Indulgences — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)