A Topic of Moral Theology

Adultery with Promise of Marriage

Adultery joined with a promise of (or attempt at) marriage as a diriment impediment.

In the index as Crime · Adultery · Promise · Attempt · Attempted matrimony · Conspiracy against legitimate authorities · Ignorance · Matrimony

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Art. XI, Section I. Adultery with Promise of Marriage, nn. 1 & 2 (2 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, § I. Adultery with a Promise of Marriage, n. 787 — Canon 1075, 1° states: "They cannot validly contract marriage who, while the same legitimate marriage endures, have consummated adultery between themselves and have mutually given faith to each other concerning marriage … Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Pt. II, Insofar as It Is a Sacrament, Particularly, Sect. III, Ch. III, Art. VIII, § II. Adultery with Attempted Marriage, n. 788 — Canon 1075, 1° states: "They cannot validly contract marriage who, while the same legitimate marriage endures, have consummated adultery between themselves and... have attempted that marriage itself, even by a merely civ… Read in context →

Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Matrimony, nn. ¶99 & ¶100 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

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. 1018 (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 VI. On the Impediment of Crime, nn. 820 & 823 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Art. III, § 8. Crime, nn. 823 & 825 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

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, nn. 897 & 898 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

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

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Slater, Cases II, Matrimony, Case 22. A Treacherous Friend, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

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 · 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.)