A Topic of Moral Theology

Dispensations and Banns

The publication of the banns, and the dispensations a pastor must seek when an impediment appears.

In the index as Banns · Bishop (Episcopus) · Matrimony · Cause · Dispensation · Pastor · Proclamations · Deans · Marriage · Proclamations to be premised before matrimony · Vicar forane

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 4. Holy Orders; Matri…, Dispensations and Banns, n. 2820 — Duties of the Pastor After the Inquiry about Impediments. Duties of the Pastor After the Inquiry about Impediments.—(a) Dispensation.—If the pastor finds an impediment of natural or divine law (e.g., the bond of an existing marriage), or an impediment which is never dispensed (… Read in context →

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. II, Article III. On Dispensation from the Banns, nn. 739 & 740 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. VIII, Ch. V, Art. I, § 2. On Dispensation From Proclamations, nn. ¶1, ¶2062, ¶2063 & ¶2064 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. II, Treatise on Matrimony, Ch. II, Article III. On Dispensation of Banns, nn. ¶1, ¶1538 & ¶1539 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Second Part: On the Celebr…, Question Two: On the Preliminaries to Matrimony and on the Proclamations of Banns, n. 841 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Ch. II, Article III. On Dispensation from the Banns, nn. 848, 849 & 849, Q. 2 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Slater, Cases II, Matrimony, Case 11. Dispensation from Banns, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Impediments of Marriage — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist · 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.)