A Topic of Moral Theology

Adoption

Legal adoption as a matrimonial impediment where civil law makes it one.

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adoption impediment · legal relationship · marrying an adopted sibling (ed.)

In the index as Adoption · Legal relationship · Legal kinship · Relationship · Son of a Family · Consanguinity · Impediments · Minor · Abortion · Adoption, or legal relationship · Adult · Adultery · Alienation · Degrees · Dispensation · Election · Emancipation · Heir · Incest · Legitimate Portion · Matrimony · Orders · Ownership · Parents

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Article VII. Adoption, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Pt. II, Insofar as It Is a Sacrament, Particularly, Sect. III, Ch. II, Article II. Legal Relationship, n. 760 — I. Notion. Legal relationship is a relationship of persons which comes from legitimate adoption, that is, adoption made according to the norm of civil law. II. Existence of the impediment. In those regions where by civil… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Pt. II, Insofar as It Is a Sacrament, Particularly, Sect. III, Ch. III, Article XIII. Legal Relationship, n. 802 — I. The notion was explained in n. 760. II. Existence of the impediment. Those who by civil law are held incapable of entering nuptials between themselves because of legal relationship arising from adoption cannot, by for… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On the Fourth Precept of t…, I. Obligations of Children Toward Parents, nn. 663 & 667 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, II. On Sins of Lust According to Nature, n. 798 — Is incest between spiritual and legal relatives of a diverse species from that between blood relatives and relatives by affinity? "Absolutely one must affirm with the Salmanticenses and S. Thomas, who 2. 2, q. 154, a. 10… Read in context →

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, VII. On Testament, n. 1042 — Who are necessary heirs? - By the very law of nature the right of succession seems to belong to proximate blood relatives. For the common good of society requires that there be a certain stability of wealth in families, … Read in context →

Vol. IV, On Marriage, III. On the Impediments of Marriage, n. 1011 — What is legal kinship? Legal kinship is the nearness of persons which arises from legal adoption. Adoption is a legitimate act by which one who is not such by nature is assumed as a son or grandson. In common law adoptio… 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, n. 1011 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)

150. Legal Relationship, Public Honesty, Vow, n. 1 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. II, Treatise on Matrimony, Ch. VI, Art. II, § II, Point III. On the Impediment of Relationship, nn. ¶1, 799, 800, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808 & 809 (57 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Art. II, § 2. On Legal Relationship, n. 783 — 783. Notion. Legal relationship is the proximity of persons arising from civil legal adoption. This impediment is diriment between those persons who by the civil law of their country are declared incapable of nuptials be… Read in context →

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Art. III, § 13. Legal Relationship, n. ¶113 — Already above, n. 783, where the impedient impediments of matrimony were discussed, enough was said concerning the impediment of legal relationship, which according to the civil laws of each region either invalidates mat… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Third Part: On the Impedim…, Question Three: On Dirimen…, Art. VII, Carnal, Spiritual, and Legal, nn. 909 & 910 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. II, Chapter I — On diriment impediments, nn. XIV & XV (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)

Bk. IV, Title XII: On Legal Kinship, c. 1 — Sole Chapter. Latin source headnote: Between an adopted person and the daughter of the adopter, marriage cannot subsist while the adoption endures. Nicholas, in the Responses to the Bulgarians. If any woman has begun through adoption … Read in context →

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Five. On the Impe…, Article One. On Impediment…, Section 3. Legal Relationship., nn. 565, 566 & 567 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Five. On the Impe…, Article Three. On Diriment…, Section 13. Legal Relationship., n. 604 — 604. Nature of the Impediment. 1. The impediment of legal relationship (Burgerliche Verwandtschaft) consists in this, that between persons who have contracted relationship from adoption, valid matrimony cannot be entered… Read in context →

Pastoral Questions

Ch. IV, Art. II, § 3. Legal Kinship, nn. 94, ¶5958, 95 & ¶5960–¶5986 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. V, Article XIII: Legal Kinship, nn. 174, ¶6370, 175, ¶6372, ¶6373, ¶6374, ¶6375, 176, ¶6377 & ¶6378 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter III: On the Impediments of Matrimony, n. 916 — IV. On the Impediment of Legal Relationship. 916. Formerly many difficulties were raised concerning legal relationship, whether or not it was an impediment, and in what degree. The Code, c. 1059, hands down the principle of solution, decreeing that in this matter c… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Impediments of Marriage — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases II · The Casuist · The Roman Catechism · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)