Bin
Bination (from late Latin binarius = containing two, consisting of two) is the authority of a Catholic priest to celebrate two holy masses on one day . In the early church, services were celebrated only on Sundays and public holidays. In the course of time this was gradually extended to further and finally every day of the week. Multiple celebrations on one day are permitted if otherwise (for example due to lack of space) not all parishioners could participate or if a priest has to look after several parishes. The triple celebration of mass is called the trination .
In canon law it says: “If there is a shortage of priests, the local ordinary can admit that priests celebrate twice a day for a just cause, and even three times on Sundays and public holidays if a pastoral emergency requires it.” Recently, the The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship is even given permission to celebrate four times under the circumstances mentioned.
literature
- Stephan Jakob Neher : The combination according to its historical development and according to today's law. Regensburg 1874. online .
- Carl Holböck: The combination: legal historical investigation. Rome 1941.