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The Requisites for Licit Reception

What an adult must bring to a sacrament in order to receive it lawfully and fruitfully.

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

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receiving a sacrament worthily · what is needed to receive a sacrament lawfully (ed.)

In the index as Sacrament · Revivescence · Disposition · Rubrics · Obstacle Of Grace · State of grace · Unformed · Attrition · Ceremonies · Intention · Little children · Negligence · Oil · Omission · Priest · Reception · Reception of a Sacrament · Requisite Conditions · Soul · The insane · To Seek · Unworthy · Blessing · Consecration

In the manuals

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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 5 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. I, Diss. III, Pt. II, Section II. On the Requisites for Licit Reception, nn. 42, 43, 44 & 45 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. III, Pt. III, Section II. On the Requisites for Licit Reception, n. 607 — In order that someone licitly receive Orders, he must be endowed with certain requisites, and be immune from irregularity or some other impediment (cf. canon 968, § 1). But those who are held by irregularity or some othe… Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P.

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 1. The Sacraments in …, Requirements for Lawful Reception, n. 2675 — Requirements for Lawful or Fruitful Reception of a Sacrament by an Adult. Requirements for Lawful or Fruitful Reception of a Sacrament by an Adult.—(a) Worthiness of the Recipient from Divine Law.—The two Sacraments of the Dead, Baptism and Penance, were intended by Christ to be means of forgi… Read in context →

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Treatise On the Sacraments…, Ch. IV, Article II. On the Requisites for the Licit Reception of the Sacraments, n. 231 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P.

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. I, Ch. VI, § 2. On The Licit Reception Of The Sacraments, n. 88 — 88. Diverse conditions are required for licitly receiving the diverse sacraments, as will be explained more broadly below. In general, however, the following can be noted: 1. An adult possessing the use of reason, in ord… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 5 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Fourth Part: On the Cause …, Question Three: On the Rec…, Article II: On the Requisites for Licit Reception, nn. 96 & 97 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 11 passages

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Ch. IV, Article I. On the Requisites for the Valid Reception of the Sacraments, n. 645 — I say. Besides the Sacrament of Baptism, which, since it is the gate of the Church, is prerequired essentially and in all things for the validity of the other sacraments, it must be held that for receiving the sacraments… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Ch. IV, Article II. On the Requisites for the Licit Reception of the Sacraments, nn. 647, 648, 648, Q. 2, 648, Q. 3, 648, Q. 4, 648, Q. 5, 649, 650, 650, Q. 2 & 650, Q. 3 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The dispositions required of the recipient — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology — this work does not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so its treatment stands one heading up (ed.)