A Topic of Moral Theology
How Mass is applied
The intention of application; habitual intention suffices; stipends and unknown intentions.
The works themselves ask 6 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Stipend of Mass · Mass · Application of Masses · Application of form to matter · Celebration of Mass · Determination of the matter to be consecrated · Fruits of Mass · Intention · Intention of Mass · Sacrifice of the Mass · Second Intention
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Fourth. On the Euchar…, Chapter Second. On the Euc…, Question Third. On the App…, Article Second. On the Manner of Application, nn. 177, 178, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191 & 192 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. V, Pt. II, Chapter II. The Application of Mass, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. II, Treatise On the Eucharist, Second Part. On the Euchar…, Chapter II. On the Application of the Sacrifice of the Mass, nn. 356 & 357 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IV, Sect. II, Ch. I, Art. III, § 1. On the Manner of Application, nn. 245, 246, 247 & 248 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XIV, Pt. II, Chapter II. On the Application of the Sacrifice of the Mass, nn. 706, Q. 3, 706, Q. 4, 706, Q. 5 & 706, Q. 8 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. IV, Chapter III — On alms for Masses to be celebrated, n. XVII — XVII. The intention of applying the Mass for the offerers is required. A habitual one does not suffice, whatever some may say; nor is an actual one necessary; but a virtual one suffices. Neither lawful nor valid is the a… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading The Application of Mass — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)