A Topic of Moral Theology
Ways of receiving; the necessity of Communion
Material, spiritual, sacramental reception; the divine and ecclesiastical precept.
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spiritual communion (ed.)
In the index as Communion · Lowest species · Eucharist · Frequent Communion · Holy Communion · Layman · Means · Precept · Viaticum · Vow
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Article I. The Necessity of the Eucharist, n. 1 — THE holy Eucharist can be received only materially by one who is not baptized and who consequently is incapable of receiving the other sacraments; it is received spiritually by one who ardently desires to receive it with… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. II, Pt. III, Section I. On the Notion and Division of Reception of the Holy Eucharist, n. 171 — The reception of the Eucharist can be distinguished as threefold, namely material, sacramental, and spiritual. I. Material reception is that by which it is so received that the sacrament is not applied to the one receivi… Read in context →
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, First Part. On the Euchari…, Ch. IV, Art. II, 2. as to the Body, Appendix II. On Spiritual Communion, n. 345 — 345. Spiritual Communion is called a pious desire of receiving the Sacrament of the Eucharist when it cannot be received in reality. Hence for it there is required: 1. an act of Faith, by which the one about to communica… Read in context →
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IV, Sect. I, Ch. IV, Article II. The Dispositions Required for Receiving the Eucharist, n. 190 — 190. Note. A twofold reception of the Eucharist is customarily distinguished: one sacramental, the other spiritual. Sacramental reception is the eating or drinking of the Eucharistic species. Spiritual reception is the d… 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 o…, Article IV: On the Necessity of Communion, nn. ¶1, 291, 292, 293, 297, 298, 299 & 300 (32 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Necessity of the Eucharist — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)