A Topic of Moral Theology

Loss of consecration of vessels and vestments

When they lose their blessing (Can. 1305); their disposal.

In the index as Alb · Chasuble · Cincture · Corporal · Deconsecration · Loss of the blessing or consecration · Sacred utensils for Mass · Sacred vessels

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. V, Pt. II, Chapter V. Where Mass may be Said, n. 3 — The sacred vessels and vestments lose their consecration when they are broken or torn so as to lose their shape, or when they are put to improper uses or exposed for public sale (Can. 1305). When the sacred vessels or ve… Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IV, Sect. II, Ch. III, Article III. On Sacred Furnishings, n. 301 — 301. Scholion. How blessed or consecrated things lose their blessing. All things, whether vessels or vestments, which require consecration or blessing for the use of the altar lose it in three cases: 1. if they notably l… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Where Mass may be Said — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases II — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)