A Topic of Moral Theology
The Duty of Refusing the Sacraments to the Unworthy
When the sacraments must be refused: public unworthiness, occult sinners, and the rules for refusal.
The works themselves ask 16 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Also asked about as…
denying communion to someone (ed.)
In the index as Sacrament · Minister · Simulation · Communion · Denial · Minister of the sacraments · Public sinners · Simulation of sacraments · Sinner · Communication · Dissimulation · Schismatics · Those Simulating · A heretic validly baptized · Dissimulation of the sacraments · Fiction · Pastor · Sacraments · Sickness · Subject · Threats · To administer a sacrament · *Simulatio sacramenti* · Ceremonies
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book First. On the Sacrame…, Question Third. On the Min…, Article Sixth. On the Obligation of Denying the Sacraments, nn. 36, 37, 38 & 39 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. II, Ch. III, Section IV. The Duty of Refusing the Sacraments to the Unworthy, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, On the Sacraments in General, III. On the Minister of the Sacraments, nn. 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375 & 376 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Ch. II, Section 1: The Moral Requisites of Valid Administration, nn. ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. I, Ch. V, Art. VI, § 2. On Denying The Sacraments, nn. ¶19, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79 & 80 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Fourth Part: On the Cause …, Question Two: On the Minis…, Article IV: On Those to Whom the Sacraments Are to Be Ministered, nn. ¶1, 86, 87, 88, 89 & 90 (34 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Ch. III, Article IV. On the Obligation of Denying the Sacraments to the Unworthy, nn. 642, 643, 643, Q. 2 & 644 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. III, Chapter III — On the minister of the Eucharist, and on those to whom it ought to be administered, n. VIII — VIII. QUESTION V. Can a priest, on account of fear of death or of notable infamy to himself, administer the Eucharist to a public sinner? ANSWER. The affirmative opinion is to me false. For it is not lawful to give what … Read in context →
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)
109. On the Minister of the Sacraments, n. 8 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. II, Question VI: Concerning the Sick and the Dying, nn. ¶2455, ¶2456, ¶2457, ¶2458, ¶2459, ¶2460, ¶2478, ¶2479, ¶2480, ¶2481, ¶2482, ¶2483, ¶2484 & ¶2492 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. IV, Question Second: Concernin…, Article III: Concerning the Obligation of Granting, Denying, or Deferring Absolution, nn. ¶3664, ¶3665, ¶3666 & ¶3667 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Minister of the Sacraments — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Slater, Cases II · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)