De Extrema Unctione by Emmanuel Doronzo, O. M. I. (review)

BOOK REVIEWS 103 hypothesis that a child were conceived through a physico-chemical process of generation, he would still have to be baptized to be cleansed from original sin, because of his inclusion in the moral headship of Adam." (p. 88) The value of this footnote in a textbook may well be questioned. The opinion concerning moral headship expressed in it, an opinion characterized by Janssens as "an innovation introduced at the time of the reformers ... gratuitous fiction . . . , useless, hardly intelligible and hardly consonant with the justice of God," can hardly be reconciled with the traditional teaching of St. Augustine and St. Thomas. Needless to say, the whole tenor of Trent's declarations in this regard seems to demand more than can be explained by the mere moral headship which Fr. Carol would teach his students in this footnote. In his chapter on the knowledge of Our Lady, Father Carol sets down some preliminary notions. While this reviewer does not relish the role of the iconoclast, mention should be made of the glaring inaccuracy in the presentation of the ideas of acquired and experimental knowledge. It is a strange innovation to define experimental knowledge in this fashion: "it (acquired knowledge) is called experimental when things previously known through infused knowledge are learned through one's own experience. . . ." (pp. 159-160) Such an explanation seems surprising and disappointing to this reviewer. One can understand slips in reference citations (n. Q77) but confusion in basic definitions causes hesitation in accepting the work as desirable on the textbook level. There is, of course, a great need for a work which would present Mariology in its fundamentals for teaching purposes. Father Carol certainly deserves our praise for attempting what is certainly necessary for the continued success of the theological movement of our times. However, this reviewer cannot share the enthusiasm of those who would say that this attempt has been entirely successfuL Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D. C. TERENCE O'SHAUGHNESSY, 0. P. De Extrema Unctione. By EMMANUEL DoRONZO, 0. M. I. Milwaukee, Bruce. I De Causis lntrinsecis, 1954. Pp. 634 with indexes. H De Causis Extrinsecis, 1955. Pp. 881 with indexes. Set $17.50. Following upon his four volumes on the sacrament of Penance, Fr. Doronzo logically takes up Extreme Unction, which is called by St. Thomas, poenitentiae consummativum. A previous evaluation of the quality of De Poenitentia (THE TnoMIST, vol. XVII, pp. 120-121) is valid likewise for the present work, De Extrema Unctione. The extensive and balanced use 104 BOOK REVIEWS of positive theology under the primacy of the speculative, the consideration of Protestant and Orthodox teachings, the valuable aids provided by the many outlines, indexes and bibliographies are characteristic of each new publication in this dogmatic series. A statement concerning the previous volumes bears reaffirmation: that the student of theology who is not acquainted with this comprehensive treatment of Extreme Unction denies himself the fuH breadth of view of the subject; the professor of sacramental theology will find among modern manuals no more satisfying source-book. The first volume embraces the intrinsic causes of this sacrament. After an extensively documented introductory chapter the author takes up the institution or existence of the sacrament. The exposition of this dogmatic question, especially against the heresies, is followed by a more historicotheological treatment of the mode, which ends with a brief note on the time of institution. Fr. Doronzo denies in this sacrament also the opinion of a generic institution by Christ. The succeeding chapter on the matter of Extreme Unction soundly establishes that oil blessed by a bishop for this sacrament pertains to validity. Only by special deputation of the Holy See may a simple priest participate in this episcopal power as extraordinary minister. Demonstrating the validity of a single anointing the author notes the gravity of the sacramental necessity to supply the other anointings when possible, as long as the same danger of death perdures. Finally, regarding the sacramental form, Fr. Doronzo analyzes at length the various formulas and concludes that the so-called indicative formulas are de facto equivalently deprecative, and that the short Latin formula also suffices for validity. As a consequence of Christ's specific institution of...