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The Matter of Wine

The Matter of Wine, as treated in Wouters (Article II. On the Matter of Wine).

The works themselves ask 8 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

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altar wine · grape juice at mass · mustum · what wine can be used for mass · wine turned to vinegar (ed.)

In the index as Eucharist · Wine · Must · Water · Wine from the vine · Matter of the Eucharist · Alcohol · Quantity · The Most Holy Eucharist · Water used for the Eucharist

In the manuals

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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 3 passages

Vol. III, Book Fourth. On the Euchar…, Chapter First. On the Euch…, Question Second. On the Ma…, Article First. On the Remote Matter, nn. 108, 109 & 110 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. I, Article II. On the Matter of Wine, nn. 143 & 144 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 13 passages

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On the Eucharist, nn. 501 & 509 (13 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)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 25 passages

116. On the Matter and Form of the Eucharist, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 2 passages

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IV, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § 2. On The Valid And Licit Matter Of Wine, nn. 172 & 173 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 28 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Most Holy…, Section A: On the Sacramen…, First Part: On the Externa…, Question Two: On the Matte…, Article III: On Wine in Particular, nn. ¶1, 220, 221, 222 & 223 (28 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J.

Vol. II, Tr. XIV, Pt. I, Ch. II, Article I. On the Remote Matter of the Eucharist, n. 679, Q. 6 — Question 6. What must be said concerning must, and what concerning wine of our region? Resp. Natural wine from the vine, incorrupt, and every wine from the fermented juice of ripe grape, is valid and licit matter of this… Read in context →

The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)

Issued by order of Pope St. Pius V — 5 passages

Pt. II, The Sacrament of the Eucharist, nn. ¶36, ¶37, ¶38, ¶39 & ¶40 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Remote Matter of the Eucharist — Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Slater, Cases II · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)