A Topic of Moral Theology
Who can validly receive a sacrament
Living men only; when death occurs; infants and imbeciles.
The works themselves ask 4 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Sacrament · Intention · Baptism · Reception of the Sacraments · Sacraments · The dying · Advertence · Attention · Attrition · Communion · Confirmation · Converts · Disposition · Extreme Unction · Habitual · Holy Orders · Implicit · Infants · Interpretative intention · Nullity · Penance · Presumed intention · Sacrilege · Subject
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. II, Chapter IV. The Recipient of the Sacraments, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. I, Diss. III, Part I. On the Person Receiving, n. 38 — I. Only man as a wayfarer is capable of receiving the sacraments. Therefore angels and the dead are excluded. Nevertheless not every wayfaring man is capable of receiving all the sacraments; namely: 1. Every man not yet … Read in context →
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…, Chapter IV. On the Subject of the Sacraments, n. 227 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Ch. II, Section 2: The Moral Requisites of Worthy Reception, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5 & ¶6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. I, Chapter VI. On The Subject Of The Sacraments, n. 86 — 86. Notion. The subject of the sacraments is said to be the one who receives a sacrament and its effects. General principle. The subject of the sacraments is man alone in the wayfaring state; nevertheless, not every man … Read in context →
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. I, Ch. VI, § 1. On The Valid Reception Of The Sacraments, n. 87 — 87. Diverse conditions are required for validity in the diverse sacraments. In general, however, the following things are to be noted concerning all the sacraments: 1. The faith and probity of the recipient are not requi… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Fourth Part: On the Cause …, Question Three: On the Rec…, Article I: On the Conditions Required for Valid Reception, nn. 91, 92, 93, 94 & 95 (31 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, The Sacraments in General, Case 3. A Sheep That Strayed Into the Fold, nn. ¶1–¶16 (16 passages)
Treated under the broader heading The Recipient of the Sacraments — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)