A Topic of Moral Theology
Adultery and Murder
Adultery combined with the murder of a spouse: the gravest form of the impediment of crime.
In the index as Crime · Adultery
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Art. XI, Section III. Adultery and Murder, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 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. III, Art. VIII, § III. Adultery with Spouse-Murder, n. 789 — Canon 1075, 2° states: "They cannot validly contract who, likewise while the same legitimate marriage endures, have consummated adultery between themselves and one of them has perpetrated spouse-murder." Therefore there … Read in context →
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 VI. On the Impediment of Crime, n. 822 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Art. III, § 8. Crime, n. 826 — 826. Third case: Adultery with spouse-killing. The adultery must have the same conditions which were enumerated above for the first case. But on the part of the spouse-killing it is required: 1. That death actually follo… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Third Part: On the Impedim…, Question Three: On Dirimen…, Article VI: On Abduction and Crime, n. 899 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. II, Chapter I — On diriment impediments, n. XVII — XVII. That homicide with adultery may induce a diriment impediment, the following conditions are required: 1. That death in fact followed by force of such an action; 2. The matrimony antecedent to the killing of the spou… Read in context →
On the Morals of To-Day
Chapter IV: The New Code and the “impedimentum Criminis”, nn. ¶115, ¶116 & ¶117 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Crime — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Palmieri, On Christian Marriage · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases II · The Casuist · Decretum of Gratian · Decretals of Gregory IX — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)