Effectus. Sex sunt effectus, qui possunt Sacramentalibus atribui: 1. bonus motus gratiae; 2. remissio peccatorum venialium; 3. remissio alicuius poenae temporalis; 4. daemonis expulsio, vel cohibitio, ne noceat; 5. aliquod commodum temproale; 6. deputatio ad cultum divinum. Non omnia et singula Sacramentalia conferunt omnes illus effectus; quia non omnia ad eosdem fines sunt instituta; quod colligendum est ex singulorum institutione, et modo quo conficiuntur.
There are six effects, that may be attributed to Sacramentals. 1. Stirring of good grace; 2. remission of venial sin; 3. remission of whatever temporal punishment (due the venial sin?); 4. the expulsion of demons, without restriction or harm; 5. some temporal benefit; 6. appointment to the divine cult. (consecration to sacred use)
Not each and every Sacramental confer all these effects; because they are not each instituted for these purposes; but each (purpose) is gathered from what each is instituted for, and the mode by which it is destroyed.
- Aertnys, Josef and Damen, C. A. Theologia Moralis: Secundum Doctrinam Sancti Alfonsi de Ligorio Doctor Ecclesiae, vol. 2. (Marietti, 1950), 34.
This is a Moral Theology work in the tradition of Alphonsus which gives a nice breakdown of the "spiritual effects" obtained by sacramentals. It makes reference to distinction between effects based on for what each one is instituted for - "the church gets what she wants".
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