A Topic of Moral Theology
A Doubtfully Valid Marriage
What the spouses and the priest must do when a marriage's validity is doubtful: the investigation, the marriage debt, and convalidation.
The works themselves ask 7 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Bond · Disparity of Cult · Marriage · Baptism · Certitude · Church law · Copulation · Diriment Impediments of Marriage · Doubt · Doubtful impediment of the bond · Doubtful matrimony · Doubts · Good or bad faith · Matrimony · New Nuptials · Possession of the conjugal state · Testimonial Letters · Worship
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Bk. II, Pt. I, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. III, § 4. On a Doubtfully Valid Marriage, n. 88 — If there is doubt concerning the validity of the marriage, the truth must be investigated, except in the case in which the investigation is foreseen to be useless. Now: I. During the due investigation, the one doubting c… Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Matrimony, n. ¶154 — On Doubtful Marriage. "... Moreover the Most Eminent Fathers observed that Missionaries, as to the marriages of infidels of that region, seem to have fallen into this opinion also, that in doubt one must stand for the invalidity of marriage; … Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Matrimony, nn. 996 & 1016 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
On Chastity and on the Contrary Vices: A Doctrinal and Moral Treatise
Ch. I, Art. I, § 2, I. Circumstance: Who, nn. 235 & ¶1297–¶1316 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Ch. VI, Art. II, § II. On Impediments in Particular, n. 879 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Matrimony, Case 14. Doubtful Baptism and Marriage, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Impediments of Marriage — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist and 2 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)