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  • Title Pages and Approbations
  • Preface to the Former Edition
  • Treatise on Christian Marriage
    • Chapter I: On the Essence of Marriage Considered in Itself
      • Thesis I
      • Thesis II
      • Thesis III
      • Thesis IV
      • Thesis V
      • Thesis VI
      • Parergon: At What Time the Nuptials Were Celebrated between the Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph
    • Chapter II: On Marriage as Sacrament
      • Thesis VII
      • Thesis VIII
      • Thesis IX
      • Thesis X
      • Thesis XI
      • Appendix
    • Chapter III: On the Properties of Marriage
      • § I: On Unity
        • Thesis XII
        • Thesis XIII
        • Thesis XIV
        • Thesis XV
      • § II: On Indissolubility
        • Thesis XVI
        • Thesis XVII
        • Thesis XVIII
        • Thesis XIX
        • Thesis XX
        • Thesis XXI
        • Thesis XXII
        • Thesis XXIII
        • Thesis XXIV
        • Thesis XXV
        • Thesis XXVI
        • Thesis XXVII
      • Scholion
    • Chapter IV: On the Power of Establishing Impediments of Christian Marriage and of Dispensing in Them
      • Praenotiones
      • Thesis XXVIII
      • Thesis XXIX
      • Thesis XXX
      • Thesis XXXI
      • Thesis XXXII
      • Thesis XXXIII
      • Thesis XXXIV
      • Thesis XXXV
  • Appendix: Conspectus of the Decrees and Ecclesiastical Canons in the Matter of Marriage from the First Centuries of the Church Down to the Year 1215
    • From the Canons of the Apostles, in the First Three Centuries of the Church
    • Decree of Callistus, Roman Pontiff (A.D. 218-222), from the *Philosophumena*, Book IX, Chapter 12
    • From the Council of Elvira, in the Province of Baetica, A.D. 305
    • From the Council of Arles, A.D. 314
    • From the Council of Ancyra, A.D. 314
    • From the Council of Neocaesarea, in Cappadocia, 314-324
    • From the Council of Nicaea, A.D. 325
    • From the Council of Carthage, A.D. 348
    • From the Council of Laodicea, in Phrygia, 343-381
    • From the Council of Gangra, about A.D. 350
    • From the Council of Valence, in Gaul, 374
    • From the Canons of St. Basil, in the Letters to Amphilochius, A.D. 374-75
    • From the Council of Saragossa, in Spain, A.D. 380
    • From the Responses of Timothy, Bishop of Alexandria, A.D. 380-385
    • From the Responses of Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria, A.D. 385-412
    • From the Decretal Letter of Siricius, to Himerius of Tarragona, A.D. 384
    • From the Synodal Letter of the Same, to the African Bishops, A.D. 386
    • From the Synodal Letter of the Same, to the Church of Milan, A.D. 390
    • From the Synodal Letter of the Same, to the Gauls (cf. P. Coustant, Letters of the Roman Pontiffs)
    • From the Council of Carthage, A.D. 390
    • From the Council of Hippo, A.D. 393
    • From the Council of Carthage, A.D. 398
    • From the Council of Turin, A.D. 401
    • From the Council of Carthage, under Aurelius, A.D. 401
    • From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 400
    • From the Decretal Letter of Innocent I, to Victricius, Bishop of Rouen, A.D. 404
    • From the Decretal Letter of the Same, to Exuperius, Bishop of Toulouse, A.D. 405
    • From the Letter of the Same, to Probus
    • From the Carthaginian or African Council, A.D. 407
    • From the Council of Orange, A.D. 441
    • From the Spanish Council, celebrated by the Bishops of Tarragona and Cartagena, and by the Lusitanians and Baeticans, A.D. 445
    • From the Letter of Leo, to Turibius, Bishop of Astorga, 447
    • From the Synod of St. Patrick, in Ireland, About A.D. 450
    • From Another Synod of the Same, in Ireland, in an Uncertain Year
    • From the Council of Chalcedon, A.D. 451
    • From the Council of Arles, A.D. 443 or 452
    • From the Council of Angers, A.D. 453
    • From the Letter of Leo, to Rusticus, Bishop of Narbonne, A.D. 458 or 459
    • From the Letter of Leo, to Nicetas, Bishop of Aquileia, A.D. 458
    • From the Council of Tours, A.D. 461
    • From the Council of Vannes, about A.D. 465
    • From the Letter of Gelasius, to the Bishops of Lucania, A.D. 494
    • From the Council of Agde, over Which Caesarius of Arles Presided, A.D. 506
    • From the Council of Orleans, A.D. 511
    • From the Decretal Letter of Symmachus, to Caesarius, Bishop of Arles, A.D. 513
    • From the Council of Girona, in the Province of Tarragona, A.D. 517
    • From the Council of Epaon, A.D. 517
    • From the Council of Lyons, or Held Elsewhere in Burgundy (cf. Anton. Pagi at the Year of Christ 517), in the Cause of a Certain Stephen, about A.D. 517
    • From the Council of Lleida, in Tarraconian Spain, A.D. 524
    • From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 527 or 531
    • From the Council of Orleans, A.D. 533
    • From the Council of Auvergne, A.D. 535
    • From the Epistle of Vigilius, to Caesarius, Bishop of Arles, A.D. 538
    • From the Council of Orleans, A.D. 538
    • From the Council of Orleans, A.D. 541
    • From the Council of Orleans, A.D. 549
    • From the Council of Paris, about A.D. 557
    • From the Capitularies of the Franks
    • From the Council of Braga, A.D. 563
    • From the Council of Tours, A.D. 567
    • From the Council of Macon, A.D. 581
    • From the Council of Lyons, A.D. 583
    • From the Council of Macon, A.D. 585
    • From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 589
    • From the Diocesan Synod of Auxerre, A.D. 590
    • From the Epistle of St. Gregory the Great, to Augustine, Bishop of the English (Epistles, Book XI, Epistle LXIV), A.D. 601
    • From the Epistle of the Same, to Felix of Messina (Epistles, Book XIV, Epistle 17), A.D. 604
    • From the Council of Barcelona, A.D. 599
    • From the Council of Paris, A.D. 615
    • From the Council of Reims, about A.D. 625
    • From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 633
    • From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 638
    • From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 655
    • From the Council of Nantes, A.D. 658
    • From the Council of Hertford, in England, under Theodore, Bishop of Canterbury, A.D. 673
    • From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 681
    • From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 683
    • From the Capitular of Gregory II, Given to Martinianus the Bishop and Gregory the Presbyter, Delegates to Bavaria, A.D. 721
    • From the Roman Council of the Same Gregory II, A.D. 721
    • From the Epistle of the Same Gregory II, to Boniface, A.D. 726
    • From the Epistle of Gregory III, to Boniface, A.D. 731
    • From the Epistle of Zacharias, Roman Pontiff, to Pepin, Mayor of the Palace, the Bishops, Abbots, and Nobles of the Franks, A.D. 747
    • From the Epistle of the Same, to Theodore, Bishop of Pavia
    • Another Text of the Same Zacharias
    • From the Roman Council under the Same Zacharias, A.D. 743
    • From the Council of Soissons, whose Decrees Were Published Also with the Consent of Prince Pepin and by the Counsel of the Nobles of the Franks, as Is Said in Chapter X, A.D. 744
    • From the Council of Leptines, with Boniface and Two Others, Legates of the Apostolic See, Presiding, A.D. 745
    • From the General Synod in the Province of the Franks, At Which Boniface, Legate of the Apostolic See, Was Present, Which Perhaps Is the Same as the Synod of Leptines (cf. Hefele, Work Cited, at A.D. 745), Said to Have Been Held about A.D. 745
    • From the Statutes of St. Boniface, (From the Spicilegium Dacherianum, Tom. IX) after A.D. 751
    • From the Council of Vermerie, celebrated at the Palace of Vermerie, in the Presence of King Pepin, A.D. 753
    • From the Responses of Stephen III, Otherwise II, which, While Dwelling in Francia, He Gave to the Britannic or Britennac Monastery to Various Consultations (Jac. Sirmondus Edited Them from a Laudensian Manuscript), A.D. 754
    • From the Synod of Verneuil, Before King Pepin, A.D. 755
    • From the Synodal Chapters, Given After the Preceding Synod in the City of Metz Under King Pepin
    • From the Council of Compiegne, celebrated in a General Assembly of the People, A.D. 756
    • From the Epistle of Stephen IV, Otherwise III, to Charles and Carloman, Kings, A.D. 770
    • From the Synod of Dingolfing, in Bavaria, A.D. 769-771
    • From the Council of Calchuth, celebrated in England, in the Presence of Legates of the Apostolic See, to Which King Alfwold Also Subscribed, A.D. 787
    • From the Aachen Capitular of Charles the Great, A.D. 789
    • From the Council of Friuli, A.D. 796
    • From the Council of Arles, A.D. 813
    • From the Council of Mainz, A.D. 813
    • From the Second Council of Chalon, A.D. 813
    • From the Capitular of Aito, Bishop of Basel, About A.D. 822
    • From the Roman Synod of Eugene II, A.D. 826
    • From the Constitutions of St. Nicephorus, Bishop of Constantinople, who Died A.D. 828
    • From the Council of Verneuil, A.D. 844
    • From the Council of Meaux and Paris, A.D. 845-46
    • In the Collection of Capitularies of Benedict the Levite, By Order of Otgar, Archbishop of Mainz, A.D. 845, There Exists, Book III, Under n. 179, This Decree in This Manner
    • From the Decretal Epistle of Leo IV, to the Bishops of Britain, A.D. 847
    • From the Capitularies of Benedict the Levite, Book III, Capitulum 463, Has Thus
    • From the Council of Mainz, under Rabanus, A.D. 847
    • From the Council of Pavia, A.D. 850
    • From the Assembly of Mainz, Of Several Bishops, Rabanus Presiding, Under Louis, King of Germany, A.D. 851
    • From the Council of Toul, At Tusey, A.D. 860
    • From the Epistle of Nicholas I, to Ado, Archbishop of Vienne, A.D. 862
    • From the Epistle of the Same Nicholas I, to the Bishops of Germany Who Had Assembled at the Council of Mainz, A.D. 863
    • From the Epistle of the Same Nicholas, to Charles, Archbishop of the Church of Mainz, A.D. 863
    • From the Epistle of the Same Nicholas, to Rodulph, Archbishop of Bourges, A.D. 864
    • From the Epistle of the Same Nicholas, to Harduic, Archbishop of Besancon, A.D. 865
    • From the Responses of the Same Nicholas, to the Bulgarians, A.D. 866
    • From the Epistle of the Same Nicholas, to Salomon, Bishop of Constance, A.D. 867
    • From the Council of Worms, A.D. 868
    • From the Council of Douzy, A.D. 874
    • From the Epistle of John VIII, to Edered, Archbishop of the English, A.D. 877
    • From the Epistle of the Same John VIII, to Anselm, Bishop of Limoges, A.D. 879
    • From the Epistle of the Same John VIII, to Airard, Archbishop of Auch, and His Suffragans, A.D. 879
    • From the Council of Mainz, A.D. 888
    • From the Council of Tribur, A.D. 895
    • From the Council of Koblenz, A.D. 922
    • From the Laws of the Presbyters of Northumbria, in What Year Indeed They Were Published Is Uncertain, But They Are Placed by the Collectors of Councils Toward the End of the Tenth Century
    • From the Roman Council of Gregory V, A.D. 998
    • From the Council of Troyes, A.D. 1007
    • From the Epistle of Paschal II, to Bonus Senior, Bishop of Reggio, A.D. 1100-15
    • From the Council of Salegunstadt or Mainz, celebrated by Aribo, Archbishop of the See of Mainz, A.D. 1022
    • From the Council of Bourges, A.D. 1031
    • From the Council of Enham, celebrated by the Bishops Together with the Nobles of England, A.D. 1009
    • From the Council of Compostela, A.D. 1056
    • From the Roman Council of Nicholas II, A.D. 1059
    • From the Council of Tours, with the Apostolic Legate Presiding, A.D. 1060
    • From the Epistle of Alexander II, to the Clerics of Naples: How the Degrees of Consanguinity Are to Be Computed, A.D. 1061-73
    • From the Epistle of the Same Alexander II, Responding to the Questions of a Certain Bishop, A.D. 1061-73
    • From the Epistle of Alexander II, to William of Monasteriolum (from Ivo, Part IX, c. 82)
    • From the Roman Council of Alexander II, A.D. 1065
    • From the Council of Girona, in Spain, A.D. 1068
    • From the Council of Rouen, A.D. 1072
    • From Certain Canons, which Follow Without Title After the Canons of the Council of Rouen, A.D. 1074
    • From the Council of London, Lanfranc of Canterbury Presiding, A.D. 1075
    • From the Council of Girona, with the Legate of the Apostolic See Presiding, A.D. 1078
    • From the Epistle of Gregory VII, to the Bishops of Asti, Turin, and Acqui, A.D. 1079
    • From the Council of Lillebonne, celebrated by William, King of the English, with the Bishops and Nobles of Normandy, A.D. 1080
    • From the Council of Benevento, Urban II Presiding, A.D. 1091
    • From the Council of Troia, Urban II Presiding, A.D. 1093
    • From the Council of Szabolcs, in Hungary, A.D. 1092
    • From the Council of Nimes, Over Which Urban II Presided, A.D. 1096
    • From the Council of London Celebrated by Anselm, A.D. 1102
    • From the Council of Toulouse, Callistus II Presiding, A.D. 1119
    • From the First Lateran Council, Ecumenical, A.D. 1123
    • From the Council of London, The Legate of the Apostolic See Presiding, A.D. 1125
    • From the Second Lateran Council, Ecumenical, A.D. 1139
    • From the Council of Cashel, in Ireland, the Apostolic Legate Presiding, A.D. 1172
    • From the Council of Avranches, in Normandy, Legates of the Apostolic See Presiding, A.D. 1172
    • From the Council of London, A.D. 1175
    • From the Decree of Lucius III, Issued in the Council of Verona, A.D. 1184
    • From the Collection of Decrees, Of the Supreme Pontiffs, the Greatest Part of Which Is Ascribed to Alexander III; Which Collection Therefore Is Usually Subjoined, after the Manner of an Appendix, to the Third Lateran Council
    • From the Title On the Married and the Betrothed
    • From the Title On Betrothals and Marriage
    • From the Title On Joining Children Born before or after Spiritual Co-parenthood
    • From the Title On Betrothals, Second
    • From the Synodal Constitutions of Odo, Bishop of Paris, A.D. 1198
    • From the Council in Dalmatia, Legates of the Apostolic See Presiding, A.D. 1199
    • From the Council of London or Westminster, A.D. 1200
    • From the Constitutions of William, Bishop of Paris, A.D. 1208
    • From the Fourth Lateran Council under Innocent III, A.D. 1215
  • Index (as printed)

Chapter — Palmieri, On Christian Marriage

Chapter IV: On the Power of Establishing Impediments of Christian Marriage and of Dispensing in Them

Contents

  • Praenotiones
  • Thesis XXVIII
  • Thesis XXIX
  • Thesis XXX
  • Thesis XXXI
  • Thesis XXXII
  • Thesis XXXIII
  • Thesis XXXIV
  • Thesis XXXV

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