Alphonsus

They don't have power to work of themselves to confer grace, or remit sin, by their own power, per se, but only to the extent that they cause pious excitation.

- Alfonso Maria Ligouri, Theologia Moralis Vol.2. (Cincinnati:Benziger, 1888), .

#91

This is an example of a scientific presentation of the theology of blessing from a manual of moral theology. This particular section is significant because it tries to determine the mode of operation and efficacy and whether it can be said that sacramentals can be a means for the remission of venial sin.