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Reservation and Adoration:
A Historical and Devotional Inquiry

Shirley Carter Hughson
Superior of the Order of the Holy Cross

The Holy Cross Press
West Park, New York
1919

transcribed by Dr Elizabeth G Mellilo
AD 2000

TO THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN OF THE AMERICAN CHURCH IN WHOSE HANDS THE FUTURE LIES

NOTE.

The following Essay was read before the Clerical Union of New York City in June last, and has been, in an abbreviated form, published in The American Church Monthly. It has now been further elaborated, and the author submits it to his brethren with the hope that it may prove a small contribution towards the solution of an important issue in the Church. He fully recognizes that the subject is a perplexing one, and often the historical facts are difficult of access as well as interpretation. As an aid to the future study of the problem he would be grateful for correction and criticism both from those who are at agreement with his stand-point, and those who may oppose it.

S. C. H.
Holy Cross,
September, 1919.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
Reservation in the Early Church

CHAPTER II.
The Law of Reservation

CHAPTER III.
The Authority of the Canons

CHAPTER IV.
The Duty of the Pastor

CHAPTER V.
The Neglect of the Law

CHAPTER VI.
Reservation and the Prayer Book

CHAPTER VII.
Reservation in the Early Reformation

CHAPTER VIII.
The Post-Reformation Practise

CHAPTER IX.
The Cosin Rubric of 1661

CHAPTER X.
Reservation in America

CHAPTER XI.
Reservation in America (continued)

CHAPTER XII.
The Historical Conclusion

CHAPTER XIII.
The Pastoral of 1895

CHAPTER XIV.
Eucharistic Adoration

CHAPTER XV.
Devotional Innovation

CHAPTER XVI.
"Roman" and "Modern"

CHAPTER XVII.
The Real Issue

Eucharistic Reservation - section index
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