A Topic of Moral Theology

Attempted marriage by those in solemn vows or sacred orders (Can. 2388)

The censure on attempted marriage by those bound by solemn vows or sacred orders.

Penalty for Celibacy of the Clergy — in Special Duties of Clerics

Also asked about as…

a nun getting married · a priest attempting marriage (ed.)

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, C.—Excommunications Simply Reserved to the Holy See, n. 27 — All who have taken a solemn vow of chastity and who presume to attempt marriage, as well as all who knowingly contract marriage with any of them, incur this censure. Canon 2392 IX. Delictum perpetrantes simoniae in quibu… Read in context →

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)

168. A Subdeacon Contracting Marriage, n. 1 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, On Ecclesiastical Censures, nn. 1191 & 1192 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Excommunications Simply Reserved to the Holy See — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)