A Topic of Moral Theology

Difference of Religion

Marriage across the boundary of faith: the impediments of mixed religion and disparity of worship.

Within this topic

In the index as Disparity of cult · Mixed marriage · Mixed marriages · Cautions · Difference of religion · Heretic · Marriage · Baptism · Betrothed parties · Minors · Neoconverts · Disparity of worship · Heresy · Impediments · Impediments in general · Inquiry · Jews · Mixed religion · Ovariotomy · Requisite Conditions · Safeguard · Suspected of heresy · Unbelievers · Worship of God

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Article X. Difference of Religion, n. 1 — When a man and woman marry, they enter upon the closest possible union for mutual help and for the rearing and education of a family. Religion should be at the base of that union, and should furnish the fundamental princ… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Art. X, Section I. Mixed Marriages, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Art. X, Section II. Difference of Religion, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter III: On the Impediments of Matrimony, nn. 902–915 (14 passages)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Art. III, § 4. Disparity of Worship, nn. 806, 807, 808, 809 & 810 (5 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 IV: On Disparity of Worship, nn. ¶1, 885, 886, 887 & 888 (36 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Ch. VI, Art. II, § II. On Impediments in Particular, nn. 881, 881, Q. 2, 881, Q. 3, 881, Q. 4 & 881 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, Case XI: Disparity of Religion, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Slater, Cases II, Matrimony, Case 30. Mixed Marriage, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

What Is Marriage? A Catechism Arranged According to the Encyclical “Casti Connubii” of Pope Pius XI

Vermeersch, What Is Marriage?, Part Two: The Attack on Ma…, The Campaign Against the Sacrament, nn. 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154 & 155 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

On the Morals of To-Day

Chapter VI: The New Code and the “impedimentum Disparitatis Cultus.”, nn. ¶154–¶177 (24 passages)

The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)

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

Guide for Catholic Young Women

Chapter LXXVIII: Of Mixed Marriages, nn. ¶943, ¶944, ¶945, ¶946, ¶947, ¶948, ¶949, ¶950, ¶951, ¶952 & ¶953 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. VIII, Ch. III, Article I: On Prohibiting Impediments, nn. ¶1984, ¶1, ¶1985, ¶2, ¶1986, ¶1987, ¶1988, ¶3, ¶1989, ¶4, ¶1990, ¶5, ¶1991, ¶1992 & ¶1993 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Five. On the Impe…, Article One. On Impediment…, Section 2. Mixed Religion., nn. 562, 563 & 564 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Five. On the Impe…, Article Three. On Diriment…, Section 4. Disparity of Cult., nn. 578 & 579 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Eight. On the For…, Article Six. On the Celebration of Mixed Matrimony., nn. 658 & 659 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. IV, Appendix, Concerning Betrothals and Marriage, Concerning Marriage, nn. ¶30, ¶31, ¶32 & ¶33 (4 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. II, Article III. Mixed Religion, nn. 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, 766, 767 & 768 (8 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, Article IV. Disparity of Cult, nn. 780 & 781 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treatise on Christian Marriage

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Elvira…, A.D. 305, nn. ¶841, ¶844 & ¶846 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Laodic…, 343-381, nn. ¶898 & ¶899 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Hippo, A.D. 393, n. ¶997 — Canon XII. It pleased the council that the sons or daughters of bishops or of any clerics whatever are not joined in marriage to Gentiles or heretics or schismatics.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Chalce…, A.D. 451, nn. ¶1057 & ¶1058 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Agde, …, A.D. 506, n. ¶1114 — Canon LXVII. It is not fitting to mingle marriages with all heretics and either to give sons or daughters, but rather to receive, if nevertheless they profess that they are going to be Christians and Catholics.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Orleans, A.D. 533, n. ¶1143 — Canon XIX. It has pleased us that no Christian shall take a Jewish woman as wife in marriage, nor a Jew a Christian woman; because we judge that between persons of this sort there are illicit nuptials. But if, after bein… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 589, n. ¶1187 — Canon XIV. At the suggestion of the council, our most glorious Lord (King Reccared) ordered this to be inserted in the canons, that it is not lawful for Jews to have Christian wives or concubines.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 633, n. ¶1232 — Canon LXIII. Jews who have Christian women in marriage are to be admonished by the bishop of that city, that if they desire to remain with them, they become Christians. But if, after being admonished, they are unwilling,… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Roman Council und…, A.D. 743, n. ¶1306 — Canon X. If any Christian has presumed to couple his daughter in marriage to a Jew, unless the Jew has perfectly believed in Christ and been baptized, and if a Christian widow has led a Jew as husband ... let him be anat… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toulouse, Callistus II Presiding, A.D. 1119, n. ¶1635 — Canon III. Those who, simulating an appearance of religion (the Petrobrusians), condemn the sacrament of the Body and Blood of the Lord, the baptism of children, the priesthood and the other ecclesiastical orders, and th… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Second Lateran Co…, Ecumenical, A.D. 1139, n. ¶1646 — Canon XXIII. Those, moreover, who, simulating an appearance of religiosity, condemn the sacrament of the Body and Blood of the Lord, the baptism of children, the priesthood and the other ecclesiastical orders, and the le… 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)

151. Disparity of Cult, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. II, Treatise on Matrimony, Ch. VI, Article I. On Impediments Impeding Matrimony, nn. ¶1565, ¶1, ¶1566, ¶2, ¶1567, ¶3, ¶4, ¶1568, ¶1569, ¶1570, ¶1571 & ¶1572 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Ch. IV, Art. II, § 1. Mixed Religion, nn. 82, ¶5891, 83, ¶5893, ¶5894, ¶5895, ¶5896, 84, ¶5898, ¶5899, ¶5900, ¶5901, 85, ¶5903, ¶5904, 86, ¶5906, ¶5907, ¶5908, ¶5909, ¶5910, ¶5911, ¶5912, ¶5913, ¶5914, 87, ¶5916, ¶5917, ¶5918, ¶5919, 88, ¶5921, ¶5922, ¶5923, ¶5924, ¶5925, ¶5926, 89, ¶5928, ¶5929, ¶5930, ¶5931, ¶5932, ¶5933, ¶5934, ¶5935, ¶5936, ¶5937, ¶5938, ¶5939, ¶5940, 90, ¶5942, ¶5943, ¶5944 & ¶5945 (56 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. V, Article IV: Disparity of Worship, nn. 117, ¶6092, 118, ¶6094, ¶6095, ¶6096, 119, ¶6098, ¶6099, ¶6100, ¶6101, ¶6102, 120, ¶6104, ¶6105, 121, ¶6107, ¶6108, ¶6109, ¶6110, ¶6111, ¶6112, ¶6113, 122, ¶6115, 123, ¶6117, ¶6118, ¶6119, ¶6120, ¶6121, ¶6122, ¶6123, ¶6124 & ¶6125 (35 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion

Pt. III, II. THE SACRAMENTS, 7. MATRIMONY, Mixed Marriages, nn. ¶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, nn. 976 & 1016 (30 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. ¶103, ¶104, ¶105, ¶106, ¶107, ¶108, ¶109, ¶110, ¶111, ¶112, ¶113, ¶124, ¶125, ¶126, ¶127, ¶128, ¶129, ¶130 & ¶131 (19 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 VII. On the Impediment of Disparity of Worship, nn. ¶1, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830 & 831 (37 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. II, Chapter I — On diriment impediments, n. XXI — XXI. QUESTION VIII. What is the impediment of disparity of worship? ANSWER. Disparity of worship signifies a diverse religion, such as is between a believer and an unbaptized unbeliever. This impediment has been introduc… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Impediments of Marriage — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, 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.)