Affinity

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 3 passages

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Article IV. Consanguinity, n. 2 — The impediment of consanguinity may be multiple from various causes, but it is only multiplied as often as the common stock is multiplied (Can. 1076, sec. 2). (a) If two near relations marry, their offspring will be rela… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Article V. Affinity, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 3 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Pt. II, Insofar as It Is a Sacrament, Particularly, Sect. III, Ch. III, Article X. Affinity, nn. 796 & 797 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Pt. II, Insofar as It Is a Sacrament, Particularly, Sect. III, Ch. III, Art. X, Scholion. Names of Affines, n. 798 — I. In the direct line: 1. Socer = father of the husband or wife (schoonvader, suocero, beau-pere, father-in-law, Schwiegervater). Socrus = mother of the husband or wife (schoonmoeder, suocera, belle-mere, mother-in-law, … Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 7 passages

Vol. IV, On Marriage, III. On the Impediments of Marriage, nn. 1002, 1003, 1008 & 1012 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. IV, Appendix, Intrinsic Nature of Affinity According to the Common Opinion of Doctors, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (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)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 10 passages

148. Affinity, nn. 1 & 2 (10 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.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 30 passages

Vol. II, Treatise on Matrimony, Ch. VI, Art. II, § II, Point IV. On the Impediment of Affinity, nn. 810, 811, 812, 813, 814 & 815 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 6 passages

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Art. III, § 10. Affinity, nn. 839, 840, 841, 842, 843 & 844 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 30 passages

Ch. V, Article X: Affinity, nn. 154, ¶6287, ¶6288, 155, ¶6290, ¶6291, ¶6292, ¶6293, ¶6294, 156, ¶6296, ¶6297, ¶6298, 157, ¶6300, ¶6301, ¶6302, ¶6303, 158, ¶6305, ¶6306, ¶6307, ¶6308, 159, 160, ¶6311, ¶6312, 161, ¶6314 & ¶6315 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 26 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Third Part: On the Impedim…, Question Three: On Dirimen…, Article VIII: On Affinity and Public Honesty, nn. ¶1, 911, 912, 913 & 914 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treatise on Christian Marriage

Dominic Palmieri, S.J. — 80 passages

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Canons of the Apostles, in the First Three Centuries of the Church, n. ¶824 — Canon XIX. He who has married two sisters successively, or the daughter of a brother (another reading: a cousin; Ebediesu adds, or the daughter of a sister), cannot be a cleric.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Elvira…, A.D. 305, nn. ¶855, ¶858 & ¶859 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Neocae…, 314-324, nn. ¶884 & ¶885 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Canons of St. Bas…, A.D. 374-75, nn. ¶931, ¶932, ¶947, ¶948, ¶950, ¶952 & ¶954 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Synodal Letter of…, Letters of the Roman Pontiffs), nn. ¶990 & ¶994 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Agde, …, A.D. 506, nn. ¶1112 & ¶1113 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 527 or 531, nn. ¶1137, ¶1138 & ¶1139 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Orleans, A.D. 533, n. ¶1140 — Canon X. Let no one be joined by any coupling to his own stepmother, that is, to the wife of his father. But if anyone has presumed this, let him know that he is to be struck with the punishment of anathema.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Auvergne, A.D. 535, n. ¶1147 — Canon XII. If anyone has believed that the widow of his brother, the sister of his wife, his stepdaughter, his female cousin or cousin's daughter, or the widow of his paternal or maternal uncle, is to be violated by the … Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Orleans, A.D. 538, n. ¶1155 — Canon X. Concerning incestuous unions, let those things which have been established be kept in such a way that for those who either now come to baptism or to whom the statutes of the Fathers have not previously come to n… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Paris, about A.D. 557, n. ¶1165 — Canon IV. Let no one presume to draw illicit marriages contrary to the commandment of the Lord, that is, let him not dare to associate to himself the widow of his brother, nor his own stepmother, nor the widow of his pat… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Diocesan Synod of…, A.D. 590, nn. ¶1190, ¶1193 & ¶1195 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Bk. XI, Epistle LXIV), A.D. 601, nn. ¶1200 & ¶1201 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Bk. XIV, Epistle 17), A.D. 604, nn. ¶1202 & ¶1206 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Paris, A.D. 615, n. ¶1218 — Canon XIV. We have judged that incestuous unions are specially to be cut away from the whole Christian people, so that if anyone has believed that the widow of his brother, the sister of his wife, his stepdaughter, a fem… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Reims, about A.D. 625, n. ¶1221 — Appeal is made to the canons already in force. Namely, those published in the preceding synods of the Gauls were held as the common law of the Church in the Gauls. There is no mention of laws proceeding from civil author… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Roman Council of …, A.D. 721, n. ¶1258 — Canon VII. If anyone has led his stepmother or daughter-in-law into marriage, let him be anathema.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Epistle of the Sa…, A.D. 726, n. ¶1265 — Response I. In the first place it was read in what degree of the stock of relatives marriage is coupled. We say that indeed it was fitting that, so long as they recognize themselves as relatives by affinity, they should … Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Epistle of Zachar…, Roman Pontiff, to Pepin, Mayor of the Palace, the B…, Abbots, and Nobles of the …, A.D. 747, n. ¶1281 — Response XXII. Concerning those women who have married two brothers, or those men who have accepted two sisters, in the Council of Neocaesarea, Canon II, it is contained, etc. (cf. above). But we, with divine grace suppo… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Roman Council und…, A.D. 743, n. ¶1304 — Canon VI. That no one shall presume to couple in marriage a female cousin, a niece, a stepmother, a brother's wife, or also one from his own kinship.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Leptin…, Legates of the Apostolic S…, A.D. 745, n. ¶1319 — Canon V. If anyone has held his stepson or stepdaughter before the bishop for confirmation, let him be separated from his wife and not accept another (from Fulbert of Chartres, Epistle 33).Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Vermer…, A.D. 753, nn. ¶1328, ¶1329, ¶1330, ¶1344, ¶1345, ¶1346, ¶1347 & ¶1348 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Synodal Chapters, Given After the Preceding Synod in the City of Metz Under King Pepin, n. ¶1382 — Capitulum I. If a man has committed incest in these causes: with one consecrated to God, or with his co-mother, or with his spiritual stepmother from the font and the confirmation of the Bishop (cf. Zacharias, Response X… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Compie…, A.D. 756, nn. ¶1386, ¶1389, ¶1394, ¶1398, ¶1399 & ¶1405 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Arles, A.D. 813, nn. ¶1430 & ¶1431 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Mainz, A.D. 813, nn. ¶1436 & ¶1437 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Second Council of…, A.D. 813, nn. ¶1439 & ¶1440 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Roman Synod of Eu…, A.D. 826, n. ¶1456 — Canon XXXVIII. Let no one dare to couple to himself in marriage a female cousin, a niece, a stepmother, a brother's wife, or even someone from his own cognation, or her whom a cognate had. But if anyone has come together… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Constitutions of …, Bishop of Constantinople, who Died A.D. 828, n. ¶1462 — From the seventh Sylloge. Canon I. If anyone is bound by spiritual affinity, or if anyone baptizes a boy who afterward, having become a man, has a sister, but he who receives the boy, after being made a widower, turns hi… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Meaux …, A.D. 845-46, n. ¶1473 — You have a diriment impediment of crime. A marriage of this sort, even when killing had not intervened, Justinian had already absolutely proscribed and had commanded to be null, Novel 134, chapters 10 and 12. The Fathers… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Mainz,…, A.D. 847, n. ¶1484 — Canon XXIX. If anyone has led a widowed wife and afterward has fornicated with his stepdaughter, or has married two sisters, or if any woman has married two brothers or [has been] with a father and son; likewise, if anyo… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Epistle of the Sa…, A.D. 863, nn. ¶1507 & ¶1508 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Epistle of the Sa…, Archbishop of Besancon, A.D. 865, n. ¶1520 — Response I. Those women who have married two brothers, or those who have accepted two sisters as wives, the Council of Neocaesarea commands to be cast away until death and, at their end, to obtain the remedy of penance, … Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Douzy, A.D. 874, n. ¶1540 — We decree that each one of those who, faithfully instructed and already planted with a firm root, stand unshaken, observe his own progeny up to the seventh generation, and, as long as they know themselves to be near by a… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Epistle of Pascha…, Bishop of Reggio, A.D. 1100-15, n. ¶1574 — It was the third degree of affinity. Cf. De Iustis, On Matrimonial Dispensations, concerning Affinities.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Enham,…, A.D. 1009, n. ¶1587 — The conjugal copula of two persons is the reason of affinity between one and the blood-relatives of the other. You see, however, that here the discourse is only about that affinity which arises from legitimate copula. Cf… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Epistle of Alexan…, A.D. 1061-73, n. ¶1592 — He vehemently rebukes those who enumerate the generations proceeding on either side from two brothers in such a way that they declare the sons of the same to be the fourth generation with respect to each other, the grand… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Epistle of the Sa…, A.D. 1061-73, nn. ¶1594 & ¶1595 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Epistle of Gregor…, Turin, and Acqui, A.D. 1079, n. ¶1617 — Civil law had established or advised the impediment of public honesty from espousals. Institutes, Book I, Title X, §9: "It is established that neither is the son's betrothed a daughter-in-law, nor the father's betrothed … Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of London, The Legate of the Apostoli…, A.D. 1125, n. ¶1639 — Canon XVI. We prohibit marriages from being contracted among blood-relatives or those joined by affinity up to the seventh generation; but if any such persons shall have been joined, let them be separated.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Synodal Constitut…, Bishop of Paris, A.D. 1198, n. ¶1672 — Decree II. Let them firmly prohibit, by excommunication, sorceries from being done among the laity; let sorcerers also and those concealing consanguinity and the other impediments of marriage - vow, order, consanguinity,… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Fourth Lateran Co…, A.D. 1215, nn. ¶1679, ¶1680, ¶1682, ¶1683 & ¶1684 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J.

Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Ch. VI, Art. II, § II. On Impediments in Particular, n. 896, Q. 3 — Question 3. Does affinity from Marriage consummated, but invalid, dirimently invalidate Marriage? Resp. Negatively, affinity arises from valid marriage alone.Read in context →

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P.

Diss. II, Chapter I — On diriment impediments, n. XXV — XXV. QUESTION XI. What is the impediment of affinity? ANSWER. Affinity is a nearness of persons proceeding from carnal copulation. That copulation is necessary which suffices for the consummation of matrimony. Affinity a… Read in context →

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 12 passages

Slater, Cases II, Matrimony, Case 15. Affinity, 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

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 35 passages

Chapter III: Affinity and the New Code, nn. ¶78–¶112 (35 passages)

The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)

Gratian — 69 passages

Pt. II, Causa XXXV, c. ¶ — GRATIAN. A certain man, after his wife had died, joined another woman to himself in marriage, who was related to the deceased wife in the fourth degree of consanguinity but to the man in the sixth line. After three years… Read in context →

Pt. II, Causa XXXV, Question I, cc. ¶ & 1 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa XXXV, Questions II and III, cc. ¶ & 1–22 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa XXXV, Question IV, cc. ¶ & 1 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa XXXV, Question V, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa XXXV, Question VI, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa XXXV, Question VII, cc. ¶ & 1 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa XXXV, Question VIII, cc. ¶, 1, 2 & 3 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa XXXV, Question IX, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa XXXV, Question X, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)

Pope Gregory IX — 20 passages

Bk. IV, Title XIII: On One Who Knew a Blood Relative of His Wife or Betrothed Woman, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Bk. IV, Title XIV: On Consanguinity and Affinity, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 4 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Five. On the Impe…, Article Three. On Diriment…, Section 10. Affinity., nn. 597, 598, 599 & 600 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)