A Topic of Moral Theology
The Reception of the Most Holy Sacrament
Who can receive the Eucharist, and the dispositions of body and soul required.
In the index as Subject of the Eucharist · Communion · Half-witted · The Insane
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Fourth. On the Euchar…, Chapter First. On the Euch…, Question Fifth. On the Sub…, Article First. On the Subject Itself of the Eucharist, nn. 133, 134 & 135 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. II, Part III. On the Reception of the Most Holy Sacrament, n. ¶1 — We shall speak first about the notion and division of the reception of the Eucharist, then about the person receiving, and then about the mode of receiving it.Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Most Holy…, Section A: On the Sacramen…, Third Part: On the Effects…, Question Two: On the Use or Reception of the Sacrament for Obtaining Its Effects, nn. ¶1, 268 & 269 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Holy Eucharist — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases II · The Roman Catechism and 4 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)