A Topic of Moral Theology
The Causes Excusing from Mass
What excuses from hearing Mass on the days of precept.
The works themselves ask 10 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Mass · Guards (Custodes) · MASS to be heard by precept · The sick (Infirmi) · Impotence (Impotentia) · Servant (Famulus) · Mass of precept (Missa de Praecepto) · Cause (Causa) · Ceasing profit (Lucrum Cessans) · Distance (Distantia) · Drinks (Poculenta) · Guardians of fields and forests · Innkeeper (Caupo) · Necessity · Sick person · The poor (Pauperes) · Those Serving the Sick · Artisans · CHARITY excuses on a feast day as regards labor · Causes for dispensing in impediments of matrimony · Charity · Convalescents · Custom · Distance of places
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Third. On the Third P…, Question Second. On Hearin…, Article Second. On the Causes Excusing from Mass, n. 267 — 267. Excusing causes. From hearing Mass, generally, any moderately grave cause excuses, or any notable inconvenience or damage in the goods of one's own soul or body, or of a neighbor; for since this precept does not per… Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 1. The Duties of Memb…, Excuses, nn. 2584 & 2585 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the Third Precept of th…, I. On the Precept of Hearing Mass, nn. 650 & 651 (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. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Third Precept of th…, Ch. I, Art. II, § II. On the Causes Excusing from Mass, nn. 351, 352 & 353 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. IV, Pt. III, Chapter II: The Observance of Sundays and Holydays of Obligation, nn. ¶51, ¶52, ¶53, ¶54, ¶55, ¶56, ¶57 & ¶58 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. III, Ch. III, ARTICLE II: On Causes Excusing From Mass, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶681, ¶682, ¶683, ¶684 & ¶685 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. II, Art. VII, § 3. On the Precept of Hearing Mass, nn. 486 & 487 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. I, Art. II, § II. On Causes Excusing From Mass, nn. ¶407, ¶408 & ¶409 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Third Precept of th…, Ch. I, Article II. On Causes Excusing from Mass, nn. 249, 250 & 251 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, Laws, Case 10. Putting Obstacles to Sunday Mass, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Hearing Mass of Precept — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · The Casuist · The Roman Catechism · Spirago · Deshon, Guide — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)