Moral Theology

Sacraments and Sacramentals (Sacramenti e sacramentali)

• Absolution (ASSOLUZIONE) Vol. II, p. 138
  ABSOLUTION. - It is the act of absolving. Absolvere in Latin is used in the sense of completing, finishing, e.g., absolvere opus, and in…
• Attrition (From Latin Attero = To Abase, Crush) (ATTRIZIONE (DAL LAT. ATTERO = ABBATTO, SCHIACCIO)) Vol. II, p. 238
  ATTRITION (From Latin Attero = To Abase, Crush). - It is the act by which man detests sin for a supernatural motive but one inferior to…
• Confessarius (CONFESSORE (CONFESSARIUS)) Vol. IV, p. 162
  CONFESSARIUS. - He is the priest who administers the sacrament of Penance. His figure emerges clearly from the nature of Penance and from…
• Contrition (CONTRIZIONE) Vol. IV, p. 279
  CONTRITION. - It is the principal act of the virtue of penance, by which the sinner, under the influence of God's grace, disposes himself…
• Disparity of Worship (DISPARITÀ DI CULTO) Vol. IV, p. 1006
  DISPARITY OF CULT. - It is the matrimonial impediment that exists, in the canon law in force in the Latin Church, between an unbaptized…
• Examination of Conscience (ESAME DI COSCIENZA) Vol. V, p. 334
  EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE. - I. NATURE. - An ascetical exercise in which a man desirous of spiritual perfection, through reflection on his…
• Impotence (IMPOTENZA) Vol. VI, p. 998
  IMPOTENCE. - I. (Latin impotentia) is the impossibility of doing something. Law and morality deal with the i. of man in the field of his…
• Indissolubility of Marriage and Divorce (INDISSOLUBILITÀ DEL MATRIMONIO E DIVORZIO) Vol. VI, p. 1063
  INDISSOLUBILITY OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE. - Indissolubility is one of the essential properties of marriage, which finds its fullest sanction…
• Jubilee (GIUBILEO) Vol. VI, p. 418
  JUBILEE. - The year of the J. is so called in the Mosaic books, and allegorically in the prophetic books (Ex. 46, 17), the year of…
• Purpose (PROPOSITO) Vol. X, p. 99
  PURPOSE. - Here it is to be understood as an act of the penitent, and it is the will not to sin in the future. It must not, therefore, be a…
• Sacramental Satisfaction (SODDISFAZIONE SACRAMENTALE) Vol. XI, p. 534
  SACRAMENTAL SATISFACTION. - In the language of the Catholic Church the expression indicates the prayers, good works or various practices of…
• State of Grace (STATO DI GRAZIA) Vol. XI, p. 765
  STATE OF GRACE. - I. DOCTRINE. - S. of G. means the permanent and supernatural condition or mode of being of the soul, cleansed of every…
• Sterilization (STERILIZZAZIONE) Vol. XI, p. 803
  STERILIZATION. - It is a surgical intervention on the reproductive apparatus, both male and female, aimed at preventing the formation or…
• Viaticum (VIATICO) Vol. XII, p. 863
  VIATICUM. - From the liturgical point of view, the term was first adopted to indicate all the religious aids or comforts provided to the…