A Topic of Moral Theology
Vestments, the server, and their obligation
Which vestments bind gravely; a woman as server; the colour of the vestments
The works themselves ask 10 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
altar server · serving mass (ed.)
In the index as Sacred vestments · Mass · Sacred Paraments · Chalice · Chasuble · Maniple · Sacred vessels · Sacrifice of the Mass · Alb · Cincture · Color · Crucifix · Exsecration · Paten · Sacred Thing · Adornment · Altar · Amice · Blessing · Candles · Celebration of Mass · Execration · Ministers · Priest
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. V, Pt. II, Chapter VI. Requisites for Saying Mass, nn. 3, 4 & 5 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
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, Second Part. On the Euchar…, Ch. V, Article I. On the Requisites for Mass, n. 393 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Most Holy…, Section B: On the Eucharis…, Second Part: On the Precep…, Appendix: On the Rites, Ceremonies, and Other Precepts to Be Observed in the Celebration and Dispensation of the Eucharist, n. 389 (53 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XIV, Pt. II, Chapter VI. On the Requisites for Celebrating Mass, nn. 718, 718, Q. 2, 718, Q. 3, 718, Q. 4, 718, Q. 5, 718, Q. 6, 718, Q. 7, 718, Q. 8 & 718, Q. 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Requisites for Saying Mass — Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)