A Topic of Moral Theology
Sacred Vestments
The vestments of Mass: which must be worn, their blessing, and their care.
The works themselves ask 6 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
chasuble and stole · liturgical colours · what a priest wears at mass (ed.)
In the index as Chasuble · Sacred vessels · Sacred utensils for Mass · Vestments · Alb · Blessing · Candles · Cincture · Corporal · Maniple · Sacred vestments · The first washing of corporals and purificators · Three altar cloths · A purificator · Adornment of women · Chalice · Mass · Sacrilege · Stole · The pall · The paten · A missal with a cushion or small bookstand · A schedule of founded Masses · Altar
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
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, n. 618 — II. Real sacrilege is committed: 1. By unworthily treating things sacred by their nature, or consecrated or blessed things. To this are referred: 1. invalid or unworthy administration and reception of the sacraments; 2. … Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. III, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. IV, Art. III, Etc, nn. 266, 267, 268 & 269 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the Precept of Faith, n. 369 — Is there also given a precept of the external act of faith? As to the external act of faith, there is given a negative precept, prohibiting the denial of the true faith or the profession of a false one. Likewise there is… Read in context →
Vol. I, On the First Precept of th…, VII. On Sacrilege, n. 505 — Can sacred vessels and vestments, and can churches, be converted to profane use? - R. To the first. Affirmative, if the thing is totally changed in such a way that it is reduced to common material; for example, if a chal… Read in context →
Vol. III, On the Sacraments in General, III. On the Minister of the Sacraments, n. 379 — What sacred vestments are required for the administration of the sacraments? - The surplice and over it the stole. Roman Ritual, de Sacram. admin., at the beginning; S. R. C., Jan. 10, 1852, n. 2993; Aug. 31, 1867, n. 31… Read in context →
Vol. III, On the Eucharist, VII. Various Adjuncts of Mass, nn. 651 & 652 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)
119. Rite of the Celebration of Mass, n. 16 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, Bk. III, Tr. II, Appendices, To n. 324. - Appendix VI. On the Origin of Sacred Vestments, n. ¶1 — Our chasuble is the ancient paenula, which afterwards, even in lay use, was called planeta or casula. And at first it was entirely closed. The dalmatic was a tunic of the wealthy, which draws its name from Dalmatia, wher… Read in context →
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IV, Sect. II, Ch. III, Article III. On Sacred Furnishings, nn. 297, 298, 299, 300 & 301 (5 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. II — II. Outside a case of urgent necessity it is never lawful to celebrate without the sacred vestments. While the sacred vestments are put on, the prescribed prayers are to be recited devoutly.Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading The Rubrics of the Missal — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · 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.)