A Topic of Moral Theology
The Mode of Carrying the Holy Eucharist to the Sick
The Mode of Carrying the Holy Eucharist to the Sick, as treated in Wouters (Article IV. On the Mode of Carrying the Holy Eucharist to the Sick).
The works themselves ask 18 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
bringing communion to the sick · carrying the blessed sacrament · communion for shut-ins · communion to the homebound (ed.)
In the index as Viaticum · Eucharist, as Sacrament (Eucharistia, ut Sacramentum) · Communion · Liturgical prayers · Sacred vestments · Skullcap · The Sick · Bicycle · Carrying the Eucharist to the sick · Ceremonies · Children · Days · Defects · Due place · Eucharist · Host · Hour · Impotence · Iteration · Oratories · PASTOR · Petroleum · Prayer · Prayers before and after Mass
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. II, Article IV. On the Mode of Carrying the Holy Eucharist to the Sick, n. 170 — As we said above (n. 164), public and private carrying are distinguished. Public carrying is set forth in the Roman Ritual. In private carrying, according to canon 849, § 2, "reverence and decorum owed to so great a sacr… Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On the Eucharist, nn. ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12, ¶15 & ¶16 (8 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
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On the Eucharist, n. 535, 536 (18 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. II, Treatise On the Eucharist, First Part. On the Euchari…, Ch. III, Article IV. On the Manner of Ministering the Eucharist to the Sick, nn. 304, 305, 306, 307 & 308 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IV, Sect. I, Ch. V, Article II. On the Distribution of the Eucharist, n. 224 — 224. 7. The Eucharist is to be carried to the sick openly and honorably, as the Roman Ritual, tit. 4, c. 4, prescribes, unless a just and reasonable cause counsels otherwise. With regard to the words "unless a just and r… Read in context →
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. IV, Diss. I, Ch. II, Art. III, § 2. On the Order to Be Observed in Administering Sacred Viaticum, nn. ¶1543 & ¶1544 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE EUCHARIST, FIRST PART: ON THE EUCHARI…, Ch. III, ARTICLE IV: ON THE MANNER OF MINISTERING THE EUCHARIST TO THE SICK, nn. ¶1298 & ¶1299 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Most Holy…, Section B: On the Eucharis…, Second Part: On the Precep…, Appendix: On the Rites, Ceremonies, and Other Precepts to Be Observed in the Celebration and Dispensation of the Eucharist, n. 392 (36 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XIV, Pt. I, Ch. IV, Article IV. On the Manner of Administering the Eucharist to the Sick, nn. ¶1, 691, 691, Q. 2, 691, Q. 3, 691, Q. 4, 691, Q. 5, 691, Q. 6, 691, Q. 7, 691, Q. 8, 691, Q. 9 & 691, Q. 10 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Things to Be Observed in the Dispensation of the Holy Eucharist — Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis — this work does not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so its treatment stands one heading up (ed.)