Question — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology
Question Five. Concerning Impediments to Ordination.
1 From the new Code there are two genera of impediments to receiving ordination: irregularities and impediments which it itself calls simple. Irregularities are perpetual impediments, which always endure unless they are removed by dispensation; simple impediments are temporary, which cease of themselves when certain circumstances cease. Some irregularities are from defect, others from delict. Therefore the order to be followed is: a. concerning irregularities in general; b. concerning irregularities from defect; c. concerning irregularities from delict; d. concerning simple impediments.
1 Leitner, Handbuch des kath. Kirchenrechtes, Irregularitaten und Weihehindernisse, p. 146 ff.; Haring, Das Ordinationsrecht nach dem neuen kirchlichen Gesetzbuch, Linz. Quartalschr. 1918.
Within this question
Article One. Concerning Irregularities in General.nn. 479–489
- Section 1. Defect of Legitimate Birth.nn. 481–482
- Section 2. Defect of Body.nn. 483–484
- Section 3. Defect of Soul.n. 485
- Section 4. Defect of Sacrament.n. 486
- Section 5. Defect of Reputation.nn. 487–488
- Section 6. Defect of Lenity.n. 489
Article Three. Concerning Irregularities from Delict.nn. 490–497
- Section 1. Defection from Faith.n. 491
- Section 2. Baptism Received from an Acatholic.n. 492
- Section 3. Attempted Marriage.n. 493
- Section 4. Homicide, Procurement of Abortion.n. 494
- Section 5. Mutilation, Attempt of Suicide.n. 495
- Section 6. Exercise of Medical or Surgical Art.n. 496
- Section 7. Abuse of Order.n. 497
- Article Four. Concerning Simple Impediments.nn. 498–500