A Topic of Moral Theology
Where Mass may be Said
The places where Mass may lawfully be celebrated: churches, oratories, and altars.
The works themselves ask 12 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
- Churches, oratories and altars
- Pollution and reconciliation of a church
- Loss of consecration of vessels and vestments
In the index as Church · Altar · Sacrifice of the Mass · Celebration of Mass · Mass · Oratory · Adventitious Masses · Eucharist, as Sacrifice (Eucharistia, ut Sacrificium) · To celebrate Mass in leavened bread · Mass, with exposition of the Most Holy Sacrament · Oratories · Church, as temple (Ecclesia, ut templum) · Priest blessing · Reconciliation · A public, semipublic, and private oratory · Altar for celebration of Mass · Blood · Cemetery · Church (temple), what it is · Consecration · Execration (Execratio) · Violation · Bishop · Blessing of a church, oratory
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Fourth. On the Euchar…, Chapter Second. On the Euc…, Question V. On the place of celebration., nn. ¶1, 198 & 199 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. V, Pt. II, Chapter V. Where Mass may be Said, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On the Eucharist, nn. ¶112, ¶113, ¶114 & ¶115 (4 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. IV, Article II. On the Place of Celebration, nn. 386, 387, 388, 389 & 390 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. IV, Ch. III, Art. II, Time, and Place of Celebra…, § 3. On a Suitable Place of Celebration, nn. 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346 & 347 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IV, Sect. II, Ch. III, Article II. On the Place of Celebration, nn. ¶41, 293, 294, 295 & 296 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. IV, Diss. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § 1. On the Time and Place of Celebration, nn. ¶1, ¶1623, ¶1624, ¶1625, ¶1626, ¶2, ¶1627, ¶1628 & ¶1629 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE EUCHARIST, PART SECOND: ON THE EUCHAR…, Ch. IV, ARTICLE II: ON THE PLACE OF CELEBRATION, nn. ¶1328 & ¶1329 (2 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. 388 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XIV, Pt. II, Chapter V. On the Place Suitable for Celebrating, nn. 715, 716, 716, Q. 2, 716, Q. 3 & 716, Q. 4 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, The Holy Eucharist, Case 13. Mass in a Private Room, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
The 1917 Code of Canon Law
Sect. I, Title IX: Of Churches, cann. 1161–1187 (27 passages)
The Liber Sextus of Boniface VIII
Bk. III, Title XXI: On the Consecration of a Church or Altar, c. 1 — Chapter I. When a church is polluted, a cemetery contiguous to it is polluted, but not a remote one. Pollution of a cemetery does not pollute the church, although it is contiguous. When one cemetery is polluted, another contiguous … Read in context →
The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)
Bk. III, Title XL: On the Consecration of a Church or Altar, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)
Pt. III, Distinction I, cc. ¶ & 1–73 (74 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. III, Pt. II, Sect. II, Chapter II. On the Place of Offering, nn. 244, 245, 246 & 247 (4 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. 641 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Sacrifice of the Mass — Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · The Roman Catechism · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)