A Topic of Moral Theology

Real sacrilege

Irreverence to the sacraments, Scripture, relics, images; sacraments received in mortal sin; theft of Church property; touching sacred vessels.

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Also asked about as…

desecrating the eucharist · misusing sacred objects (ed.)

In the index as Sacrilege · Theft · Violation · Ecclesiastical immunity · Sacred vessels · Touches · Corporal · Sacred · Sacred place · Sacred thing · Thing · Unworthy administration of the sacraments · Blessed cemetery · Ecclesiastical asylum · Ecclesiastical burial · Exsecration of a church · Extreme Unction · Gift · Homicide · Immodest looks · LAST Sacraments · Laymen · Libidinous conversations · Luxury

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. I, Chapter VI. Sacrilege, nn. 5, 6 & 7 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § II, Point III. On Real Sacrilege, nn. 617 & 618 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On the First Precept of th…, VII. On Sacrilege, nn. 498 & 506 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, II. On Sins of Lust According to Nature, n. 808 — What special cases are to be noted in real sacrilege? - He commits sacrilege who, vested for Mass, pollutes himself. Likewise a priest carrying the Most Holy Eucharist who sins carnally; or who pollutes himself within ha… Read in context →

Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)

Ch. II, Article VII: On Sacrilege, n. 90 — 90. Corollaries. 1. Real sacrilege will be, in the present matter, the lustful handling of these objects, "as if on linens or vessels sacred vessels semen were poured forth, if a blessed candle, or, what is horrible, the… Read in context →

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 First Precept of th…, Ch. II, Art. II, § II. On Sacrilege, n. 287 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. IV, Pt. II, Chapter III: Sacrilege, n. ¶5 — b) A real sacrilege (sacrilegium reale) is committed by abusing or treating with irreverence sacred things, such as the Sacraments, sacramentals, sacred images, relics, Holy Scripture, sacred vessels or vestments; by ste… Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. IX, § 4. On Real Sacrilege, nn. 551, 552, 553 & 554 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Sect. C, Ch. II, Question Three: On Sacrilege, nn. ¶1, 800, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806 & 807 (38 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the First Precept of th…, Ch. II, Art. II, § II. On Sacrilege, nn. 215, Q. 3 & 215, Q. 6 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, Volume III: On the Decalogue

Diss. III, Chapter II — On sacrilege, and its species, nn. VII, VIII, IX & X (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Bk. III, Diss. VIII, Chapter III — On the temptation of God, and sacrilege, nn. VIII & IX (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. V, Case LXXVIII: The Last Sacraments Sacrilegiously Received, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9 & ¶10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Questions of Moral Theology

Slater, Questions, The Doctrine on Sacrilege in Moral Theology, nn. ¶784, ¶785 & ¶786 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Sacrilege — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Slater, Back to Morality · Decretals of Gregory IX — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)