A Topic of Moral Theology
First Communion and the age of discretion
Quam singulari; children at the age of seven.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
age for first communion · children receiving communion (ed.)
In the index as Dispensation of Communion · Viaticum · Communion · Age · Communion of the sick · Confession of children · Fasting in Baptism · First · Paschal precept · Pastor · Sacramental grace · Boy · Confession · Discretion · Eucharist, as Sacrament (Eucharistia, ut Sacramentum) · Parents prohibited from administering Baptism · Subject of the sacraments, validly receiving · A confessor admitting to first Communion · Acceptance of death · Children · Confession prescribed before Communion · Confessor · Cough · Disposition
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Article I. The Necessity of the Eucharist, n. 2 — According to the general rule, children become subject to and bound to obey the positive laws of the Church when they reach the age of seven. However, before the new Code of Canon Law came into force it was usual to defe… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. II, Pt. III, Section II. On the Person Receiving, nn. 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177 & 178 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On the Eucharist, n. 560 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. IV, Chapter III: On the Subject of Holy Communion, nn. 389–419 (31 passages)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IV, Sect. I, Ch. IV, Article III. The Obligation of Receiving the Eucharist, n. 211 — 211. First Communion is to be received after a person has arrived at the years of discretion, but not before. When the sufficient use of reason required for this sacrament begins cannot be mathematically defined, since i… Read in context →
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE EUCHARIST, FIRST PART: ON THE EUCHARI…, APPENDIX III: ON THE FIRST COMMUNION OF CHILDREN, n. ¶1315 — 1315. - "As regards children," says the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore, "who approach the Sacred Table for the first time, let it be permitted to apply to our matter the excellent words of the Fathers of Ravenna. It… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Most Holy…, Section A: On the Sacramen…, Third Part: On the Effects…, Question Two: On the Use o…, Article IV: On the Necessity of Communion, n. 296 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VII, On the Third Precept of the Church: To Confess Sacramentally at Least Once in the Year, n. 340, Q. 3 — Question 3. What is the age of discretion? Response. Pius X, by the Decree Quam singulari, 8 Aug. 1910, established the following norm concerning the first Communion of children to be observed everywhere. "I. The age of … Read in context →
Vol. II, Tr. XIV, Pt. I, Ch. V, Article I. On the Obligation of Receiving the Eucharist, n. 695, Q. 3 — Question 3. To whom does it pertain to admit children to first communion? Resp. §4. Let the judgment concerning the sufficient disposition of children for first communion belong to the priest from confessions, and to the… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading The Necessity of the Eucharist — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)