A Topic of Moral Theology
Bodily defects
The blind, deaf, mute, lame; when a defect impedes.
Also asked about as…
can a blind man be ordained · disabled priest · physical defect ordination (ed.)
In the index as Body · Eye · Blind person · Vices · A deaf person · A mute person · Castrated Man · Defect · Defect of speech · Eunuch · Irregularity · Lame person · Mutilated Person · Mutilation · One's own body
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. 2 — Any bodily defect which makes it impossible to say Mass and fulfil the other functions of Orders, or prevents the person afflicted from exercising the sacred ministry with decency and edification, constitutes an irregula… Read in context →
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IX, Ch. III, Art. III, § 2. On Irregularities From Defect, n. 616 — 616. 3. Defect of body is a bodily fault on account of which orders cannot be exercised either safely because of weakness or becomingly because of deformity. The following are irregular from defect of body: a) the mutila… Read in context →
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XX, Ch. II, Article I. On Irregularities from Defect, n. 1030 — 2°. Those defective in body are those who, because of a defect of body, cannot perform the functions of the altar either safely because of weakness or decently because of deformity. Concerning this defect note that a gra… Read in context →
The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)
Pt. I, Distinction LV, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)
Bk. I, Title XX: On Whether Those Maimed in Body Are to Be Ordained, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
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 · Concina, Compendium · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)