A Topic of Moral Theology
Who may receive Extreme Unction
Baptized, with the use of reason, in probable danger of death from sickness; the old; the unconscious; the doubtfully dead.
The works themselves ask 24 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
See also The doctor and the dying — in Medical Men
Also asked about as…
anointing before surgery · anointing children · anointing the elderly · who can be anointed (ed.)
In the index as Extreme Unction · The dying · Death · Those Deprived of the Senses · Baptism of the dying · Communion of the sick · Counsels concerning the breviary · Sickness · Subject of the sacraments, validly receiving · The Sick · The demented · Absolution · Acceptance of death · Administration of Sacraments · Anointing · Apparently · Blind person · Conditional · Conditional administration of a sacrament · Converts · Custody · Danger of death · Disposition · Episcopate
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. VII, Chapter III. The Recipient of Extreme Unction, n. 1 — IN order to be able to receive Extreme Unction validly a man must be baptized, must have attained the use of reason, and must be in probable danger of death from sickness. Extreme Unction, then, may be administered to th… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VI, Diss. III, Part I. On the Person Receiving, nn. 581, 582 & 583 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VI, Diss. III, Part II. On the Manner of Receiving Extreme Unction, n. 585 — With respect to both the valid and licit reception of Extreme Unction, we refer to those things which we noted in the treatise on the Sacraments in general. It is useful, however, to complete in a few words those things … Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Extreme Unction, nn. ¶9 & ¶11 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On Extreme Unction, On the Nature, Matter and Form, Minister and Subject of Extreme Unction, nn. 871 & 872 (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 Extreme Unction, nn. 870 & 871 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. II, Treatise on Extreme Unction, Chapter IV. On the Subject of Extreme Unction, nn. 689, 690, 691, 692 & 693 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. VI, Chapter III: On the Subject of Extreme Unction, nn. 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666 & 667 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. II, Question VI: Concerning the Sick and the Dying, nn. ¶2432, ¶2433, ¶2434, ¶2435, ¶2436, ¶2437, ¶2438, ¶2441, ¶2442, ¶2443, ¶2444, ¶2445, ¶2446, ¶2447, ¶2448, ¶2449 & ¶2493 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. VI, Chapter III: On The Subject Of Extreme Unction, nn. ¶1881, ¶1882 & ¶1883 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. II, Treatise on Extreme Unction, Chapter IV. On the Subject of Extreme Unction, nn. ¶1507 & ¶1508 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Extreme Unction, Question Four: On the Subject of Extreme Unction, nn. ¶1, 704, 705, 706 & 707 (28 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XVI, Chapter V. On the Subject of Extreme Unction, nn. 828, 828, Q. 2, 828, Q. 3, 828, Q. 4, 828, Q. 5, 828, Q. 6, 828, Q. 7, 828, Q. 8, 828, Q. 9, 828, Q. 10 & 828, Q. 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Extreme Unction, Case 1. Repetition of Extreme Unction, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. II, The Sacrament of Extreme Unction, nn. ¶17, ¶18, ¶19, ¶20 & ¶21 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Recipient of Extreme Unction — Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · The Casuist · 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.)