A Topic of Moral Theology

Dispensation for a mixed marriage and its conditions

The promises; the ceremony; the banns; no rite before a non-Catholic minister.

Also asked about as…

permission to marry a non-catholic · promises for mixed marriage · raising children catholic (ed.)

In the index as Mixed religion · Mixed marriage · Marriage · Heretic · Masons · Matrimony · Baptism · Betrothed parties · Cautions · Difference of religion · Disparity of worship · Impediments · Public sinners · Safeguard · Scandal

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Art. X, Section I. Mixed Marriages, n. 2 — However, in countries where Catholics and non-Catholics live together, and especially if the latter greatly outnumber the former, as they do in Great Britain and in the United States, it is almost impossible to avoid mix… Read in context →

Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Matrimony, nn. ¶106, ¶124, ¶125, ¶126, ¶127, ¶128, ¶129, ¶130 & ¶131 (9 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 (17 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, n. 153 — Does Not the Church Grant Dispensations from the Impediment of “Mixed Religion”?. Yes, she sometimes does, for grave reasons based on religious interests; for example, when in an exceptional case a well-grounded hope of the other party's early conversion makes the disadvantages and dangers more remote… Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Art. II, § 3. Mixed Religion, nn. 787, 788, 789 & 791 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Art. IV, § 3. On the Causes of Dispensations, n. 864 — 864. 11. "Danger of celebrating a mixed matrimony or of celebrating before a non-Catholic minister. When there is danger that those who wish to contract matrimony in some degree, even one of the greater degrees, may, bec… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Third Part: On the Impedim…, Question Two: On Impeding Impediments, nn. 867, 868, 869, 870 & 871 (46 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Ch. VI, Article I. On Impeding Impediments of Marriage, n. 872, Q. 5 — Question 5. Once dispensation has been obtained, is it licit for the betrothed to furnish consent before a non-Catholic minister as one devoted to sacred things? Resp. § 1. Even if a dispensation over the impediment of m… Read in context →

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)

Guide for Catholic Young Women

Chapter LXXVIII: Of Mixed Marriages, nn. ¶947 & ¶949 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Mixed Marriages — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Palmieri, On Christian Marriage · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)