Divorce

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Chapter VII. The Properties of Marriage, nn. 1 & 4 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 7 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Appendix II. On the Separa…, Pt. I, Sect. I, Not Consummated, n. 838 — I. Reasons for petitioning the dissolution of marriage between baptized persons, not consummated, are, for example: doubtful impotence, or impotence doubtfully antecedent or doubtfully perpetual and difficultly curable; … Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Appendix II. On the Separa…, Pt. I, Section II. On the Dissolution of Marriage Between a Baptized Party and a Non-Baptized Party, n. 839 — I. The petition to be directed to the Supreme Pontiff should be transmitted to the Holy Office, to which this cause is committed. II. The conditions required so that a marriage between a baptized party and a non-baptized… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Appendix II. On the Separa…, Part II. On Semi-Full Divorce, nn. 840, 841, 842, 843 & 844 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P.

Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 2. The Sins Against F…, Dangerous Reading, n. 855 — The mere presence, however, of condemned matter in a writing does not cause it to fall under prohibition. (a) Some works are not forbidden unless the author’s purpose to teach error or attack the truth is known. Hence, b… Read in context →

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

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 13 passages

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, Appendix, Third Commentary: On a Sentence of Divorce as to the Bond of Matrimony to Be Given by a Lay Judge. Cf. n. 2, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 7 passages

Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, I. On Judges, n. 19 — Can a judge render sentence when the law itself is certainly unjust and inequitable? - If it concerns a civil law contrary only to ecclesiastical laws in which the Supreme Pontiff can dispense, as, for example, is the la… Read in context →

Vol. III, On Confirmation, I. On the Nature, Matter, and Form of Confirmation, n. 483 — Is the form used among the Greeks valid: The seal of the gift of the Holy Spirit? - Resp. In the affirmative with the common opinion of theologians. For the sense is: by this sign, which I confer upon you, the gifts of t… Read in context →

Vol. IV, On Marriage, II. On the Nature and Properties of Marriage, nn. 978, 981, 982 & 983 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. IV, On the Constitution *Officiorum ac munerum*, n. 1308 — What about other books of special subject matter? "Books are condemned in which God, or the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Saints, or the Catholic Church and her worship, or the sacraments, or the Apostolic See, are dispara… Read in context →

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 15 passages

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter I: On Marriage as Contract, nn. 747–761 (15 passages)

On the Prohibition and Censorship of Books (De prohibitione et censura librorum)

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J.

Tit. I, Ch. V, Art. 14, I. On Books Which Patroniz…, Suicide, Divorce, n. 81 — What duel is? Which things are touched here 81. 1. Duel, namely undertaken on private authority; since it is established that other combats can be justified. Moreover, a duel is a dangerous combat of two persons (or of a… Read in context →

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

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 6 passages

Vermeersch, What Is Marriage?, Part Two: The Attack on Ma…, The Campaign Against the Sacrament, nn. 156, 157, 158, 159, 160 & 161 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

On Chastity and on the Contrary Vices: A Doctrinal and Moral Treatise

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 70 passages

Ch. II, Art. III, § 2, II. On Civil Divorce, nn. 126, 127, ¶662, ¶663, ¶664, ¶665, ¶666, ¶667, ¶668, ¶669, ¶670, ¶671, 128, ¶672, ¶673, ¶674, ¶675, 129, ¶676, ¶677, ¶678, ¶679, ¶680, ¶681, ¶682, ¶683, ¶684, ¶685, ¶686, ¶687, 130, ¶688–¶707, 131, ¶708, ¶709, ¶710, ¶711 & ¶712 (57 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. III, Appendix. What is to be Observed in Practice concerning Civil Marriage and Civil Divorce, nn. 285, ¶1523, ¶1524, ¶1525, 286, ¶1526, ¶1527, ¶1528, ¶1529, 287, ¶1530, 288 & 289 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 5 passages

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. X, Article II. On Civil Divorce, nn. 890, 891, 892, 893 & 894 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 41 passages

Ch. X, Article II: Concerning Civil Divorce, nn. 277, ¶6969, 278, ¶6971, ¶6972, 279, ¶6974, 280, ¶6976, ¶6977, ¶6978, ¶6979, ¶6980, ¶6981, ¶6982, 281, ¶6984, ¶6985, ¶6986, 282, ¶6988, ¶6989, ¶6990, ¶6991, ¶6992, ¶6993, ¶6994, ¶6995, ¶6996, ¶6997, ¶6998, ¶6999, 283, ¶7001, 284, ¶7003, 285, ¶7005, ¶7006, ¶7007 & ¶7008 (41 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 105 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, First Part: On Matrimony I…, Question Five: On the Prop…, Article II: On the Indissolubility of Matrimony, nn. ¶1, 815, 816 & 817 (41 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Fourth Part: On the Obliga…, Appendix: On Matrimony in Civil Legislation, nn. 975, 976, 977, 978 & 979 (64 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treatise on Christian Marriage

Dominic Palmieri, S.J. — 163 passages

Ch. III, § II, Thesis XVI, nn. ¶355–¶389 (35 passages)

Ch. III, § II, Thesis XVII, nn. ¶390–¶403 (14 passages)

Ch. III, § II, Thesis XVIII, nn. ¶404–¶435 (32 passages)

Ch. III, § II, Thesis XX, nn. ¶439, XX, I, XX, II, ¶442, XX, III, ¶444, XX, IV, XX, V, ¶447, ¶448, XX, VI & ¶450 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. III, § II, Thesis XXI, nn. ¶451–XXI, XII (30 passages)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Canons of the Apostles, in the First Three Centuries of the Church, n. ¶828 — Now if you notice at what time this canon was established, namely when divorces with dissolution of the bond were permitted by Imperial laws for many causes, you will understand that the sentence of the canon, expressed … Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Elvira…, A.D. 305, n. ¶833 — Canon IX. A believing woman who has left a believing adulterous husband and marries another is to be prohibited from marrying. If she marries, she is not to receive communion before the one whom she left has first depart… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Arles, A.D. 314, n. ¶869 — It pleased the council that, so far as can be, it be inhibited to a man that it should be lawful, after dismissing his wife while she lives, to marry another over her. But whoever has done this will be alien from Catholi… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Neocae…, 314-324, n. ¶885 — Cf. Canon LXI of Elvira. For just as there a man is prohibited from receiving successively two sisters, so here a woman is prohibited from having two brothers by the same agreement. Besides, this marriage is declared voi… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Canons of St. Bas…, A.D. 374-75, n. ¶951 — Canon LXXVII. He who leaves the woman legitimately coupled to him and marries another is subjected, according to the sentence of the Lord, to the judgment of adultery. But it has been established by the canons of our Fat… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 400, n. ¶1014 — Canon IV. A subdeacon, after his wife has died, if he has married another, is to be removed from the office in which he had been ordained and held among the doorkeepers or among the readers, in such a way, however, that … Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Decretal Letter o…, Bishop of Rouen, A.D. 404, nn. ¶1025 & ¶1029 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Decretal Letter o…, Bishop of Toulouse, A.D. 405, nn. ¶1035 & ¶1036 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Letter of the Same, to Probus, n. ¶1037 — We establish, the Catholic faith supporting it, that that is the marriage which was first founded by divine grace, and that the coming together of the second woman (whom someone had married because his wife was being hel… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From Another Synod of the Same, in Ireland, in an Uncertain Year, n. ¶1052 — Canon XXVI. Hear the Lord saying: "He who adheres to a harlot is made one body." Likewise: "Let the adulteress be stoned," that is, let her die to this man, so that she cease to grow who does not cease to commit adultery… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Arles, A.D. 443 or 452, n. ¶1065 — Canon XXI. Any penitent woman who, after her husband has died, has presumed to marry another, or has lived with a stranger in suspected or forbidden familiarity, let her be kept back with him from the thresholds of the C… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Vannes, about A.D. 465, n. ¶1096 — These Fathers seem not to have been about to punish men of this sort who had married another if the adultery of the wife were proved. But consider that the canon is penal, by which a penalty is established for a crime. B… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Auvergne, A.D. 535, n. ¶1149 — Canon XIII. When presbyters and deacons are advanced to the summit of the sublime dignity, let them renounce entirely the acts of the world, and, chosen for the sacred ministry, let them repudiate carnal consortship, and… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Orleans, A.D. 538, n. ¶1155 — Canon X. Concerning incestuous unions, let those things which have been established be kept in such a way that for those who either now come to baptism or to whom the statutes of the Fathers have not previously come to n… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 638, n. ¶1235 — Canon VIII. It is the opinion of the ancient and most holy father Pope Leo (cf. his Decree XIII from the epistle to Rusticus, above), that he who, placed in the age of adolescence, while he fears the chance of death, has… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Soisso…, A.D. 744, n. ¶1317 — Canon IX. We establish that no lay man shall have a woman consecrated to God as wife, nor his own relative, nor, while the husband is living, shall another accept his wife; because a husband ought not to dismiss his wife… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Leptin…, Legates of the Apostolic S…, A.D. 745, n. ¶1321 — Canon VII. If a man is not able to render the conjugal debt to a woman betrothed, dowered, and led in public nuptials, according to the Apostle, and this has been made manifest either by the confession of both or by any … Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Vermer…, A.D. 753, nn. ¶1328, ¶1330, ¶1342, ¶1343 & ¶1344 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Responses of Step…, Otherwise II, which, While Dwelling in Francia, He Gave to the Britannic o…, A.D. 754, n. ¶1368 — Response V. If a wife has been repudiated by her husband, whether it is lawful for the husband, while she is living, to lead another, is contained in the epistle of lord Pope Innocent directed to Exsuperius, bishop of To… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Compie…, A.D. 756, nn. ¶1389 & ¶1401 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Epistle of Stephe…, Otherwise III, to Charles …, Kings, A.D. 770, n. ¶1416 — But Charles the Great did not comply with the Pontiff and accepted as wife the daughter of Desiderius, whom nevertheless after a year he repudiated, "it being uncertain for what cause," says Eginhard; because she was unf… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Friuli, A.D. 796, n. ¶1425 — Canon X. It pleased us that, when the conjugal bond has been dissolved on account of fornication, it is not lawful for the man, as long as the adulteress lives, to lead another wife, although she is an adulteress; but ne… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Epistle of Nichol…, Archbishop of Vienne, A.D. 862, nn. ¶1502 & ¶1504 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Epistle of the Sa…, Archbishop of Auch, and Hi…, A.D. 879, n. ¶1547 — Cf. also his Epistle 345 (Migne 6, L. 7, 126), where he says that as nuptials are from God, so divorce is from the devil; and the statute of the same Pontiff in the second Council of Troyes, confirming the same law.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Enham,…, A.D. 1009, nn. ¶1579 & ¶1583 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Rouen, A.D. 1072, n. ¶1611 — Canon XVIII. If the wife of a man who has set out abroad has married another man, until she has certainty of the former man's death, she is excommunicated up to fitting satisfaction.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From Certain Canons, which…, A.D. 1074, n. ¶1613 — Canon VII. Those coupled in marriage and requesting divorce on account of impossibility of coeundum must prove by judgment that they cannot accomplish that work of marriage, nor that by making themselves they have in any… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Szabol…, A.D. 1092, nn. ¶1625 & ¶1629 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Cashel…, A.D. 1172, n. ¶1648 — Canon I. It was established that all the faithful constituted throughout Ireland, repudiating the cohabitation of relatives and affines, contract and observe legitimate marriages.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Title On Betrothals and Marriage, n. ¶1661 — Chapter VIII. (The same, in a letter to the Bishop of Salerno). If legitimate consent ... intervenes concerning the present in such wise that one receives the other as his own by mutual consent in expressed words, each s… Read in context →

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P. — 15 passages

Diss. I, Chapter V — On the indissolubility of the conjugal bond, and on divorce, nn. I–XV (15 passages)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 24 passages

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

Slater, Cases II, Matrimony, Case 10. A Lawyer and a Divorce Case, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)

Gratian — 35 passages

Pt. II, Causa XXXII, Question VI, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, Causa XXXII, Question VII, cc. ¶ & 1–28 (29 passages — hover a number to read it)