A Topic of Moral Theology
Interrupting or breaking off Mass
What justifies it before and after the consecration; a priest taken ill.
The works themselves ask 5 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
mass interrupted by an emergency (ed.)
In the index as Mass · Interruption · To interrupt Mass · Bread · Celebration of Mass · Defects · Fervorini · Omission · Rubrics · Sacrifice of the Mass · Wine
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. V, Pt. II, Chapter VII. The Rubrics of the Missal, n. 3 — When Mass has been once begun it may not be broken off without grave reason, even before the consecration. After the consecration a still graver cause is required, as, for example, the sudden breaking out of fire in the … Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 2. Baptism; Confirmat…, Interruption of Mass, n. 2713 — Is it Lawful to Discontinue a Mass?—(a) To terminate Mass before the end has been reached is unlawful unless there be a serious reason; otherwise, disrespect is shown the Holy Sacrifice. A grave reason (e.g., sudden sick… Read in context →
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…, Ch. V, Article II. On the Rubrics, n. 407 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Most Holy…, Section B: On the Eucharis…, Second Part: On the Precep…, Appendix: On the Rites, Ceremonies, and Other Precepts to Be Observed in the Celebration and Dispensation of the Eucharist, n. 391 (37 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XIV, Pt. II, Chapter VII. On the Rubrics to be Observed in Mass, nn. 721, Q. 4 & 721 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Rubrics of the Missal — Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist · The Roman Catechism · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)