A Topic of Moral Theology
The Altar and its Ornament
The altar, its stone, linens and ornaments, and what the rubrics require of them.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
altar cloths and candles · altar requirements · altar stone · relics in the altar (ed.)
In the index as Altar · Light · Altar cloths · Altar cross · Antependium · Antimensia · Candle · Chasuble · Consecration · Portable · Rite · Sacred stone · Sacrifice of the Mass · Vestments
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. III, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. IV, Article I. On the Altar and its Ornament, nn. ¶1, 250, 251, 252, 253 & 254 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On the Eucharist, nn. ¶119, ¶120 & ¶121 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, Bk. III, Tr. II, Appendices, To n. 344. - Appendix VIII. Historical Matters Concerning Altars, n. ¶1 — In the first centuries there was no prescription concerning the material of the altar, so that wooden, stone, and metallic altars existed. Nor was the form defined, so that even a three-footed table was used. By canon 26… Read in context →
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, The Holy Eucharist, Case 15. Altar Furniture, nn. ¶1–¶15 (15 passages)
Treated under the broader heading The Rubrics of the Missal — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · 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.)