A Topic of Moral Theology

The Time of Dispensing the Holy Eucharist

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

Also asked about as…

communion at what times · communion outside mass · when can communion be given (ed.)

In the index as Distribution of Communion · Eucharist · Holy Communion · Viaticum · Communion · Holy Saturday · Hours · Midday · The Most Holy Eucharist · Thursday in the Supper of the Lord · Time

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 I. On the Time of Dispensing the Holy Eucharist, nn. 165 & 166 (2 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 (4 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. 221 — 221. b) Due time. α) As regards days, according to the present discipline of the Church, Communion as Viaticum can be distributed on all days, but other Communion can be given on those days on which it is lawful to conse… 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. 6 — Question 6. At what hour can communion be dispensed? Resp. §4. Holy communion is to be distributed only at those hours at which the Sacrifice of the Mass can be offered, unless another reasonable cause advises otherwise.… 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.)