A Topic of Moral Theology

Sacrilege

The violation of sacred persons, places, and things.

Within this topic

Penalty Profanation of the sacred species (Can. 2320) — in Excommunications Very Specially Reserved to the Holy See

See also Sacrilege by carnal sin — in Consummated Sins of Impurity

Also asked about as…

desecration · profaning holy things (ed.)

In the index as Sacrilege · Church · Theft (Furtum) · Sacred place (Locus Sacer) · Ecclesiastical immunity · Sacred Thing · Sacred vessels · Violation · Touches · Impure touches (Tactus impudici) · Sacred things (Res sacrae) · Simony · Things · Violation of Enclosure of Nuns · Vow · Benediction, constitutive, invocative · Cemetery · Corporal · Detraction (Detractio) · Eucharist, abuse of · Immunity · Moral person · Religion as a virtue · Sacred

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Question Third. On Sins Ag…, Article Seventh. On Sacrilege, nn. 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179 & 180 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. I, Chapter VI. Sacrilege, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VI, Chapter II. Consummated Sins of Impurity, n. 6 — By sacrilege is here understood the violation by carnal sin of a. person, place, or object, consecrated to God. The doctrine concerning it will be sufficiently clear from what was said above under the First Commandment.Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. II, Article II. On Sacrilege, n. ¶1 — (St. Thomas, II-II, q. 99; St. Alphonsus, Theologia Moralis, lib. III, nn. 33-48; Homo Apostolicus, tr. 4, n. 39.)Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § I. On Sacrilege in General, nn. 610, 611 & 612 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § II, Point I. On Personal Sacrilege, n. 614 — II. Personal sacrilege is committed: 1. By violating the privileges of clerics, which are the privilege of the canon, of the forum, of personal immunity, and of competent benefice (cf. can. 119-123). But the violation of… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § II, Point II. On Local Sacrilege, n. 616 — II. Local sacrilege is committed: 1. By violating a church, public oratory, or cemetery in such a way that they need reconciliation. But the violation of which we speak is done through the acts to be enumerated below, pr… Read in context →

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. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § II, Point III, Scholion. On Penalties Against Sacrilegious Persons, n. 619 — Canon 2325 establishes generally: "One who has perpetrated sacrilege is to be punished by the Ordinary according to the gravity of the fault, without prejudice to the penalties established by law against certain sacrileg… Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 5. The Quasi-integral…, Sacrilege, nn. 2308, 2309, 2310, 2311, 2312, 2313, 2314, 2315 & 2316 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Carnal Sacrilege, n. 2533 — Carnal Sacrilege. Carnal Sacrilege.—Carnal sacrilege is the violation by an act of impurity of the sacredness of a person, place or thing. (a) It is a violation of sacredness, and thus it is a special sin, adding irreligion to lust (see 2… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On Human Acts, IV. On the Various Sources of Morality, n. 94 — How are the aforesaid circumstances to be considered? - They are not to be taken insofar as the substance of the act depends on them, but insofar as they accidentally affect it. Otherwise they would no longer have the no… Read in context →

Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, III. On the Numerical Distinction of Sins, n. 306 — Note: If someone married sins with a married woman, or one having a vow of chastity sins with one also having a vow of chastity, he admits a double sin, by reason of marriage and vow. "For the prior malice is against the… Read in context →

Vol. I, On the First Precept of th…, VII. On Sacrilege, nn. 493–507 (15 passages)

Vol. I, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, II. On Sins of Lust According to Nature, nn. 800, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807 & 808 (9 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)

46. On Sacrilege, nn. 1 & 2 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

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, nn. 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89 & 90 (11 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 First Precept of th…, Ch. II, Art. II, § II. On Sacrilege, nn. 284, 285, 286 & 287 (29 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, Ch. II, Art. I, § IV. On Sacrilege, n. 424 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, On the Virtue of Religion …, Chapter I: On the Principal Acts of Religion, and the Vices Opposed, nn. 929, 930, 931, 932, 933 & 934 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. IV, Pt. II, Chapter III: Sacrilege, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tr. II, Ch. II, Article III: On Sacrilege, nn. 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273 & 274 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § 2. On Sacrilege, nn. ¶578, ¶579, ¶580, ¶1, ¶581, ¶2, ¶582, ¶3 & ¶583 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. II, Art. II, § II. On Sacrilege, nn. ¶346, ¶347, ¶348 & ¶349 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. III, Article IX. On Sacrilege, n. ¶64 — Since this article is rather long, for the sake of greater clarity it is divided into four paragraphs: 1. sacrilege in general; 2. personal sacrilege; 3. local sacrilege; 4. real sacrilege.Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. IX, § 1. On Sacrilege in General, nn. 536, 537, 538 & 539 (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. ¶1, 214, 215, 215, Q. 2, 215, Q. 3, 215, Q. 4, 215, Q. 5 & 215, Q. 6 (8 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. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI & XII (12 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. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X & XI (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. IV, Disputation XI: On Sacrilege, n. 1 — If by the Justinian law the gates of cities, and other places, enjoy that immunity, that it is a wicked thing to offer any violence to them, how much rather will it be execrated to bring into common use those things whic… Read in context →

Questions of Moral Theology

Slater, Questions, The Doctrine on Sacrilege in Moral Theology, nn. ¶751, ¶752, ¶753, ¶754, ¶755, ¶756, ¶758, ¶759, ¶760, ¶762, ¶763, ¶764, ¶766, ¶767, ¶768, ¶769, ¶771, ¶772, ¶774, ¶775, ¶777, ¶778, ¶780, ¶781, ¶783, ¶784, ¶785 & ¶786 (28 passages — hover a number to read it)

Back to Morality

Chapter XVII: Reserved Cases, nn. ¶287, ¶288, ¶289, ¶290, ¶292, ¶293 & ¶294 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)

Bk. V, Tit. XVII, Incendiaries, and Violators of Churches, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Slater, Cases I, The First Commandment, Case 6. Personal Sacrilege, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

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

Vol. II, Case XXIV: The Desecration of Altars, nn. ¶1–¶21 (21 passages)

Vol. III, Case LX: Some Remarks About the Portable Altar and its Desecration, nn. ¶1–¶20 (20 passages)

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)

Treated under the broader heading The Worship of God (First Commandment) — Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · The Roman Catechism · Spirago · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)