Article — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology

Article Two. On Irregularities from Delict

130.

130. Irregularities are numbered eleven in all, of which four are contracted from delict, but seven from defect. Irregularities from delict arise: a. from repetition of baptism; b. from violation of censure; c. from usurpation of order; d. from unjust mutilation or from unjust homicide, all of which are comprehended in this little verse:

Fonte reus, sacris, censuris, crimine, leto.

Fonte reus - sacrilegious repetition of baptism.

Sacris reus - illicit usurpation of orders.

Censura reus - violation of censure through the exercise of sacred order.

Crimine reus - crimes which by the law itself induce irregularity.1

Leto reus - homicide and mutilation.

1 By these words is signified irregularity from defect of reputation.

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