A Topic of Moral Theology
The obligation of hearing Mass
Its antiquity and gravity; the whole Mass; what part missed is grave.
The works themselves ask 21 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
do i have to go to mass · is missing mass a mortal sin · miss mass · missing church · sick on sunday · skip church · skip mass · too sick for mass (ed.)
In the index as Mass of precept (Missa de Praecepto) · Mass · Precepts of the Church · Attention (Attentio) · Feast · Feasts (Festa) · Mass to Be Heard · The sick (Infirmi) · Ceasing profit (Lucrum Cessans) · Drinks (Poculenta) · Innkeeper (Caupo) · Sunday · Vespers (Vesperae) · Absolution · Canonical Hours (Horae canonicae) · Cause (Causa) · Distance (Distantia) · Distraction (Distractio) · Doubt (Dubium) · Girls (Puellae) · Gravity of sin (Gravitas peccati) · Guards (Custodes) · Impotence (Impotentia) · MASS to be heard by precept
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Third. On the Third P…, Question Second. On Hearing Mass, nn. ¶1, 262, 263, 264, 265 & 266 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. III, Chapter I. Hearing Mass of Precept, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 1. The Duties of Members of the Church, Hearing Mass, nn. 2576, 2577 & 2578 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the Third Precept of th…, I. On the Precept of Hearing Mass, nn. 639, 640, 641, 642 & 643 (5 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. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Third Precept of th…, Ch. I, Article I. On Those Things Which Generally Must Be Furnished on Feast Days, nn. 338, 339 & 340 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the First and Second Precepts of the Church, or On the Observance of Feasts, nn. 474, 475 & 476 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. IV, Pt. III, Chapter II: The Observance of Sundays and Holydays of Obligation, nn. ¶32, ¶33, ¶34, ¶35, ¶36 & ¶37 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. III, CHAPTER III: On the Obligation of Hearing Mass, nn. ¶1 & ¶670 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. I, ARTICLE I: ON THOSE THINGS WHICH GENERALLY MUST BE FURNISHED ON FEAST DAYS, nn. ¶397 & ¶398 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. I, ARTICLE II: ON THE HEARING OF MASS IN PARTICULAR, n. ¶1 — We must treat: 1° of those things which are required for hearing Mass rightly; 2° of causes excusing from it.Read in context →
Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. I, Art. II, § I. On Those Things Which Are Required For Hearing Mass Rightly, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶399, ¶400, ¶401, ¶3, ¶402, ¶403, ¶404, ¶405, ¶4 & ¶406 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. I, Art. II, § II. On Causes Excusing From Mass, nn. ¶407, ¶408 & ¶409 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Third Precept of th…, Ch. I, Art. I, § I. On Presence of Body, n. 242, Q. 2 — Question 2. What omission in Mass is to be regarded as grave or light? Response. It cannot easily be determined; for although, according to all, a third part of the Mass is notable, nevertheless it is not clear what the … Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Hearing Mass of Precept — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Slater, Cases I · The Casuist · The Roman Catechism · Spirago · Deshon, Guide — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)