A Topic of Moral Theology
The Confection of the Most Holy Sacrament
The consecration of the Eucharist: what the minister must do, and what may not be attempted.
The works themselves ask 4 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
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consecrating the eucharist · consecration · host · only priests can consecrate · who can consecrate (ed.)
In the index as Consecration · Altar · Host · Mass · Antimensia · Blessing · Chalice · Church · Concelebration · Eucharist · Matter · Minister of the Eucharist · New priest · Paten · Place · Portable · Pyx · Rite · Sacred · Sacred place · Sacred stone · Sacred vessels · Sacrifice of the Mass · Sacrilege
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Fourth. On the Euchar…, Chapter First. On the Euch…, Question Fourth. On the Mi…, Article First. On the Power of Ministering the Eucharist, n. 124 — 124. On the minister of consecration. Priests alone are the ministers of consecrating the Eucharist; for to priests alone was conceded the power of consecrating by these words: Do this in commemoration of me, which words… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. II, Pt. II, Section I. On the Confection of the Most Holy Sacrament, nn. 160, 161 & 162 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. III, Pt. II, Sect. II, Chapter II. On the Place of Offering, n. 245 — II. Consecration and blessing of sacred places. 1. The consecration of a church, although it belongs to regulars, belongs to the Ordinary of the territory in which the place itself is found, provided the Ordinary is mark… Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. III, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. IV, Article I. On the Altar and its Ornament, n. 250 — I. An altar, and that consecrated (canon 822, § 1). Now either the whole altar must be consecrated, if there is question of an immovable altar, or only the portable altar-stone, if there is question of a movable altar (c… Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. III, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. IV, Article II. On Sacred Vessels with Accessories, n. 255 — The following are required: I. Chalice and paten; both of which must be consecrated. 1. Matter. The chalice must be gold or silver, at least as regards the cup; by reason of poverty one made of tin is permitted, and, und… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the First Precept of th…, VII. On Sacrilege, n. 493 — What is sacrilege? - Sacrilege is the violation of a sacred thing, insofar as sacred; that is, of a thing dedicated to divine worship, taken not materially but formally, namely insofar as it is ordered to this worship. T… Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On the Eucharist, nn. 521 & 526 (3 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, nn. 7 & 8 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IV, Sect. I, Ch. V, Article I. On the Consecration of the Eucharist, n. 216 — 216. Principle. Every priest, and only a priest, can validly consecrate the Eucharist. The Albigensians and the Innovators of the sixteenth century taught the contrary. The Fourth Lateran Council (1215) had already defin… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading The minister of the Eucharist — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)