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Necessity of Divine Precept

Necessity of Divine Precept, as treated in Wouters (Chapter II. On Necessity of Divine Precept).

Also asked about as…

is communion necessary for salvation · must i receive communion · obligation to receive communion (ed.)

In the index as Viaticum · Communion · Age · Danger of death · Easter Communion · Repetition · Sacrilege

In the manuals

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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 4 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. IV, Chapter II. On Necessity of Divine Precept, nn. 156, 157, 158 & 159 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 8 passages

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. 294 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)

Issued by order of Pope St. Pius V — 6 passages

Pt. II, The Sacrament of the Eucharist, nn. ¶149, ¶150, ¶151, ¶152, ¶153 & ¶154 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Necessity of the Eucharist — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)