Book Fourth. On the Eucharist

98. The Eucharist can be considered in a twofold way: in relation to men, as a sacrament, and in relation to God, as a sacrifice. It has the nature of a sacrament insofar as, by a visible rite, it is effected through consecration, after consecration remains under visible species, and is received in holy communion; for it belongs to the nature of a sacrament that it sanctify man, and the Eucharist sanctifies because it is received. It has the nature of a sacrifice insofar as through consecration it is offered to God; for it belongs to the nature of a sacrifice that it pass into the worship of God and render him, when offended, placated by oblation. But God is worshiped and placated because the Eucharist is offered to him in sacrifice. Nevertheless the nature of sacrament cannot be separated from the nature of sacrifice; for by the consecration itself the sacrament is effected and the sacrifice is offered.¹

¹ St. Thomas, III, q. 73-83. St. Alphonsus, l. 6, n. 189-424. Suarez, De sacramentis eucharistiae et de missae sacrificio, disp. 46-88. De Lugo, De sacramento eucharistiae. Zach. Pasqualigo, De sacrificio novae legis. Io. Dicastillo, De sacramentis. Sporer-Bierbaum, Theologia sacrament., pr. 2, c. 2-6. Coninck, De sacramento eucharistiae, q. 73-83. Pet. Gasparri, Tractatus canonicus de ss. eucharistia, 2 vol. (Paris: Delhomme, 1890). Codex iuris canonici, Cn. 801-869.

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Chapter First. On the Eucharist as Sacramentnn. 99–161
- Question First. On the Nature and Effects of the Eucharistnn. 99–104
  - Article First. On the Nature of the Eucharistnn. 99–103
  - Article Second. On the Effects of the Eucharistn. 104
- Question Second. On the Matter of the Eucharistnn. 105–118
  - Article First. On the Remote Matternn. 105–118
- Question Third. On the Form of the Eucharistnn. 119–122
- Question Fourth. On the Minister of the Eucharistnn. 123–132
  - Article First. On the Power of Ministering the Eucharistnn. 123–132
- Question Fifth. On the Subject of the Eucharistnn. 133–161
  - Article First. On the Subject Itself of the Eucharistnn. 133–135
  - Article Second. On the Necessity of the Eucharistnn. 136–138
  - Article Third. On the Disposition of the Soulnn. 139–157
  - Article Fifth. On Frequent Communionnn. 158–161
Chapter Second. On the Eucharist as Sacrificenn. 162–214
- Question Second. On the Value and Fruits of the Sacrifice of the Massnn. 168–173
  - Article First. On the Fruits of the Sacrifice of the Massnn. 168–171
  - Article Second. On the Value of the Sacrificenn. 172–173
- Question Third. On the Application of the Sacrifice of the Massnn. 174–197
  - Article First. On the Application Itselfnn. 174–176
  - Article Second. On the Manner of Applicationnn. 177–197
- Question V. On the place of celebration.nn. 198–199
- Question VI. On the time of celebration.nn. 200–207
  - Article I.nn. 200–204
  - Article II.nn. 205–207
- Question VII. On the rite of celebration.nn. 208–214