A Topic of Moral Theology
Crime
The impediment of crime arising from adultery or the murder of a spouse.
The works themselves ask 23 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Also asked about as…
impediment of crime · marrying after killing spouse · marrying my lover after adultery (ed.)
In the index as Crime (impediment) · Adultery · Crime as impediment of matrimony · Impediments of matrimony · Promise · Abduction · Heretics · Impediments · Attempt · Attempted · Attempted matrimony · Canonical collections · Condition · Conjugal murder · Conspiracy against legitimate authorities · Diriment Impediments of Marriage · Dispensation · Excommunication · Ignorance · Leo the Great, St. · Marriage · The promise of God
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Five. On the Impe…, Article Three. On Diriment…, Section 8. Crime., nn. 584, 585, 586, 587 & 588 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Article XI. Crime, n. 1 — By ecclesiastical law certain crimes committed by married people which are specially opposed to the sanctity of marriage constitute a diriment impediment of a second marriage. These crimes are: adultery together with a p… Read in context →
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)
Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Art. XI, Section II. Murder of a Consort, n. 1 — Murder by a man and a woman of the spouse of one of them constitutes a diriment impediment to their marriage. This impediment does not arise unless death really ensues; attempted murder is not sufficient. Moreover, the m… Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Art. XI, Section III. Adultery and Murder, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 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, Article VIII. Crime, n. 786 — The impediment of crime arises from two crimes, namely adultery and spouse-murder, and indeed, with certain conditions fulfilled, in four cases. But the cases according to canon 1075 are: 1° adultery with a mutual promis… 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, § 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 →
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Pt. II, Insofar as It Is a Sacrament, Particularly, Sect. III, Ch. III, Art. VIII, § III. Adultery with Spouse-Murder, n. 789 — Canon 1075, 2° states: "They cannot validly contract who, likewise while the same legitimate marriage endures, have consummated adultery between themselves and one of them has perpetrated spouse-murder." Therefore there … 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, § IV. Spouse-Murder Alone, n. 790 — Canon 1075, 3° states: "They cannot validly contract marriage who by mutual physical or moral cooperation, even without adultery, have brought death upon a spouse." Therefore there are required: I. Cooperation or plottin… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. IV, On Marriage, I. On Betrothals and on the Banns, n. 931 — Are betrothals dissolved by the crime of the other? By an atrocious crime of the other spouse, betrothals are dissolved on the part of the innocent one. Heresy, grave theft, homicide, or something similar is judged an at… Read in context →
Vol. IV, On Marriage, III. On the Impediments of Marriage, nn. 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020 & 1021 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. IV, On the Constitution *Apostolicae Sedis*, n. 1199 — XVI. Those communicating with an excommunicated person named by the Pope in a criminal crime, namely by furnishing help or favor to him. Those communicating, both clerics and lay persons. With an excommunicated person na… 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)
152. The Impediment of Crime, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (14 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. ¶1, 820, 821, 822 & 823 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Art. III, § 8. Crime, nn. ¶111, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829 & 830 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. V, Article VIII: Crime, nn. 140, ¶6188, ¶6189, ¶6190, ¶6191, ¶6192, 141, ¶6194, ¶6195, ¶6196, ¶6197, ¶6198, ¶6199, ¶6200, ¶6201, ¶6202, ¶6203, ¶6204, 142, ¶6206, ¶6207, ¶6208, ¶6209, ¶6210, ¶6211, ¶6212, 143, ¶6214, ¶6215, ¶6216, ¶6217, ¶6218, ¶6219, ¶6220, ¶6221, ¶6222, 144, ¶6224, 145, ¶6226, ¶6227, ¶6228, ¶6229, ¶6230, 146, ¶6232, ¶6233, ¶6234, 147, ¶6236, ¶6237, ¶6238, ¶6239 & ¶6240 (54 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. ¶1, 894, 897 & 898 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treatise on Christian Marriage
Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 400, n. ¶1015 — Canon VII. It pleased the council that if the wives of any clerics whatever have sinned, lest perhaps they have more license for sinning, their husbands receive this power, apart from killing (that is, with killing excep… Read in context →
Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Letter of Leo, to…, Bishop of Aquileia, A.D. 458, n. ¶1090 — Decree I. Since through the calamity of war ... men were carried off into captivity, and their women ... who thought their own husbands either killed or believed they would never be freed from domination, and, solitude c… Read in context →
Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Vermer…, A.D. 753, n. ¶1334 — Canon V. If any woman has plotted the death of her husband with other men, and that husband himself, by defending himself, has killed that man, and can prove this, that man can dismiss that wife, and, if he wishes, let h… Read in context →
Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Title On Betrothals and Marriage, n. ¶1658 — Chapter I. (The same, to the Abbot of Saint Alban). It is held from the canons that no one be united in marriage to the one whom he had previously polluted by adultery, and especially to that one to whom he had given fai… Read in context →
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Ch. VI, Art. II, § II. On Impediments in Particular, n. 886 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. II, Chapter I — On diriment impediments, n. XVI — XVI. QUESTION VII. What is the impediment of crime? ANSWER. It is adultery with a promise of future matrimony after the death of the other spouse; or it is the homicide of a spouse with adultery; or the homicide of eithe… Read in context →
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Matrimony, Case 19. Crime, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Case I: Impediment of Crime, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. IV, Case XV: Impediment of Crime, nn. ¶1–¶16 (16 passages)
Vol. V, Case XCIII: The Impediment of Crime, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
On the Morals of To-Day
Chapter IV: The New Code and the “impedimentum Criminis”, nn. ¶113–¶134 (22 passages)
The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)
Pt. II, Causa XXXI, Question I, 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. IV, Title VII: On One Who Took as Wife Her Whom He Polluted by Adultery, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 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)
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)
Treated under the broader heading Impediments of Marriage — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · The Roman Catechism · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)