A Topic of Moral Theology

The Place of Dispensing the Holy Eucharist

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

Also asked about as…

communion at home · communion outside church · where can communion be given (ed.)

In the index as A public, semipublic, and private oratory · Distribution of Communion · Holy Communion · Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ · Oratory · Parasceve · Place · Sacred place · Viaticum

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 II. On the Place of Dispensing the Holy Eucharist, nn. 167 & 168 (2 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. 222 — 222. c) A suitable place for administering the Eucharist is every place in which it is lawful to celebrate Mass or to reserve the Most Holy Sacrament; nevertheless, for a just cause the Ordinary can in a particular case … Read in context →

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XIV, Pt. I, Ch. IV, Article III. On the Things Required for the Licit Dispensation of the Eucharist, n. 690, Q. 16 — Question 16. In what place can Holy Communion be distributed? Resp. Holy communion can be distributed wherever it is lawful to celebrate Mass, even in a private oratory, unless the local Ordinary, for just causes, has pr… Read in context →

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.)