A Topic of Moral Theology

Pollution and reconciliation of a church

The crimes that pollute; interdict; reconciliation.

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reconsecrating a desecrated church (ed.)

In the index as Church · Eucharist · Cemetery · Reconciliation · Those Violating · Violation of a Church · Altar · Blood · Corpses · Ecclesiastical · Ecclesiastical Burial · Excommunicates · Exhumation · Pollution · Pollution of "church · Sacrifice of the Mass · Seed · Violation

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. V, Pt. II, Chapter V. Where Mass may be Said, n. 2 — If a church or public oratory has been polluted by the perpetration therein of certain crimes, it is forbidden to say Mass there until it has been reconciled. The crimes which pollute a church, provided that they are cer… Read in context →

Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On the Eucharist, n. ¶118 — N. 388. - On the Profanation of a Church. "Whether a consecrated Church which served for military stations and watches for two days is to be judged profaned, and therefore needs the reconciliation prescribed by the Roman Pontifical? Resp. That for caution it is … Read in context →

Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On the Eucharist, n. 641 (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. IV, Article II. On the Place of Celebration, n. 388 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XIV, Pt. II, Chapter V. On the Place Suitable for Celebrating, n. 716, Q. 3 — Question 3. In what way must a church already violated be reconciled? Resp. §1. A violated church is to be reconciled as quickly as possible, according to the rites described in approved liturgical books. §2. If it is do… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Where Mass may be Said — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Slater, Cases II — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)