ST Suppl., q. 32
On Whom Should This Sacrament be Conferred and on What Part of the Body?
Supplement — compiled posthumously from Aquinas's early Sentences commentary
We must now consider on whom this sacrament should be conferred and on what part of the body: under which head there are seven points of inquiry:
(1) Whether this sacrament should be conferred on those who are in good health?
(2) Whether it should be conferred in any kind of sickness?
(3) Whether it should be conferred on madmen and imbeciles?
(4) Whether it should be given to children?
(5) Whether, in this sacrament, the whole body should be anointed?
(6) Whether certain parts are suitably assigned to be anointed?
(7) Whether those who are deformed in the above parts ought to be anointed thereon?
Articles
- a. 1Whether this sacrament ought to be conferred on those who are in good health?
- a. 2Whether this sacrament ought to be given in any kind of sickness?
- a. 3Whether this sacrament ought to be given to madmen and imbeciles?
- a. 4Whether this sacrament should be given to children?
- a. 5Whether the whole body should be anointed in this sacrament?
- a. 6Whether the parts to be anointed are suitably assigned?
- a. 7Whether those who are deformed in those parts should be anointed?