A Topic of Moral Theology
Bigamy (a second marriage)
Successive marriages and the symbolism of Orders.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
a remarried man and ordination (ed.)
In the index as Bigamy (irregularity) · Irregularity · Bigamy and irregularity · Clerics and vowed persons, marriage of · Council of Agde · Council of Szabolcs · Council of Valence · Divorce · Separation of spouses
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. XI, Chapter II. Irregularities from Defect, n. 3 — Marriage as a sacrament symbolizes the union of Christ with his Church, but to represent that union perfectly it should be a marriage of one man with one woman. In a second marriage the representation is less perfect, an… 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)
176. Bigamy, nn. 1 & 2 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IX, Ch. III, Art. III, § 2. On Irregularities From Defect, n. 617 — 617. 4. Defect of bigamy (which is also called defect of the sacrament) is true bigamy, namely, when a man successively marries several wives. Already St. Paul established that bishops, priests, and deacons be husbands o… Read in context →
Treatise on Christian Marriage
Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Canons of the Apostles, in the First Three Centuries of the Church, n. ¶825 — Whether marriages of this sort are held illicit for all, and because of their special malice those who have contracted them are prohibited from the clergy, or whether such men are kept from it only because of the proprie… Read in context →
Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Valenc…, 374, n. ¶910 — Canon I. It has seemed good that after this synod no one ... from among bigamists or husbands of women whose marriage has been interrupted (that is, of widows) can be ordained a cleric. Nor must it be asked whether, init… Read in context →
Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Decretal Letter o…, A.D. 384, n. ¶981 — Decree VIII. He reproves bigamists advanced to the diaconate and Priesthood.Read in context →
Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Agde, …, A.D. 506, n. ¶1104 — Canon I. It pleased the council concerning bigamists or husbands of women whose marriage has been interrupted that, although the statutes of the fathers have decreed otherwise, those who have been ordained up to this tim… Read in context →
Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Szabol…, A.D. 1092, nn. ¶1625 & ¶1626 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XX, Ch. II, Article I. On Irregularities from Defect, n. 1031 — 4°. Bigamists: this irregularity has now become simple by force of this canon; it arises from the fact that someone successively and validly entered two or more marriages, because in bigamy the perfect signification of t… Read in context →
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. IV, Chapter VII — On irregularity in general and in particular, from delict and from defect, n. XXVIII — XXVIII. Bigamy is called a defect of sacrament, because it does not represent the union of Christ with the Church. Bigamists are reputed irregular both on account of incontinence, and on account of the division of affect… Read in context →
The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)
Pt. I, Distinction XXVI, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. I, Distinction XXXIII, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XXVIII, Question III, cc. ¶, 1 & 2 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)
Bk. I, Title XXI: On Bigamists Not to Be Ordained, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Liber Sextus of Boniface VIII
Bk. I, Title XII: On the Twice-Married, c. 1 — Chapter I. A twice-married man is stripped of every clerical privilege and subjected to the secular forum. A contrary custom is not valid, and under anathema he is forbidden to wear the tonsure. John Andrew. Gregory X at the Genera… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Irregularities from Defect — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)