A Topic of Moral Theology

The Mode of Dispensing the Holy Eucharist

The Mode of Dispensing the Holy Eucharist, as treated in Wouters (Article III. On the Mode of Dispensing the Holy Eucharist).

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communion on the tongue · communion under one kind · how communion is given · manner of receiving communion (ed.)

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In the manuals

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. II, Article III. On the Mode of Dispensing the Holy Eucharist, n. 169 — The mode or rite of distributing the Holy Eucharist is set forth in the Roman Missal and in the Roman Ritual. Specifically, note: 1. The Most Holy Eucharist is to be given under the species of bread alone (canon 852); fr… Read in context →

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 III. On the Things Required for the Licit Dispensation of the Holy Eucharist, nn. 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302 & 303 (40 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. IV, Diss. I, Ch. II, Art. III, § 1. On the Manner of Administering Holy Communion, nn. ¶1539, ¶1540, ¶1541 & ¶1542 (4 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 III: ON THE REQUISITES FOR THE LAWFUL DISTRIBUTION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST, nn. ¶1291, ¶1292, ¶1293, ¶1294, ¶1295, ¶1296 & ¶1297 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XIV, Pt. I, Ch. IV, Article II. On the Obligation of Dispensing the Eucharist, nn. 687 & 688 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

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

Pt. II, The Sacrament of the Eucharist, nn. ¶155, ¶156, ¶157, ¶158, ¶159, ¶160, ¶161 & ¶162 (8 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 · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)