A Topic of Moral Theology
The obligation of the rubrics
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Mass · Rubrics of Mass
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, 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…, Ch. V, Article II. On the Rubrics, n. 403 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. IV, Chapter IV — On the rite, or ceremonies, and rubrics with which Mass ought to be celebrated, n. VI — VI. QUESTION III. Is it a mortal sin to neglect the rubrics in celebrating Mass? ANSWER. The affirmative opinion is common, unless smallness of matter excuse. Since by a grave precept from the Supreme Pontiffs, and espec… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading The Rubrics of the Missal — Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · 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.)