Article — 1917 Code of Canon Law
Article III: Of the Time and Place in Which Sacred Communion Can Be Distributed
Superseded as law in 1983 — read why this Code still matters. Each canon links to its 1983 counterpart.
§ 1. It is lawful to distribute the Most Holy Eucharist on all days.
§ 2. On Friday of Holy Week, however, it is lawful only to carry sacred Viaticum to the sick.
§ 3. On Holy Saturday sacred communion cannot be ministered to the faithful except during the solemnities of Masses, or continuously and immediately after these have been completed.
§ 4. Sacred communion is to be distributed only at those hours in which the sacrifice of the Mass can be offered, unless a reasonable cause advises otherwise.
§ 5. Sacred Viaticum, however, can be ministered at any hour of the day or night.
§ 1. Omnibus diebus licet sanctissimam Eucharistiam distribuere.
§ 2. Feria tamen VI maioris hebdomadae solum licet sacrum Viaticum ad infirmos deferre.
§ 3. In Sabbato Sancto sacra communio nequit fidelibus ministrari nisi inter Missarum sollemnia vel continuo ac statim ab iis expletis.
§ 4. Sacra communio iis tantum horis distribuatur, quibus Missae sacrificium offerri potest, nisi aliud rationabilis causa suadeat.
§ 5. Sacrum tamen Viaticum quacunque diei aut noctis hora ministrari potest.
1983 Code correlation: can. 918, 931
The Holy EucharistCited by 23 passages
It is not lawful for a celebrating priest to distribute the Eucharist within Mass to the faithful so distant that he himself loses the altar from sight.
Sacerdoti celebranti non licet Eucharistiam intra Missam distribuere fidelibus adeo distantibus ut ipse altare e conspectu amittat.
1983 Code correlation: can. 932
The Holy EucharistCited by 11 passages
Sacred communion can be distributed wherever it is lawful to celebrate Mass, even in a private oratory, unless the local Ordinary has prohibited this in particular cases for just causes.
Sacra communio distribui potest ubicunque Missam celebrare licet, etiam in oratorio privato, nisi loci Ordinarius, iustis de causis, in casibus particularibus id prohibuerit.
1983 Code correlation: can. 932
The Holy EucharistCited by 17 passages