A Topic of Moral Theology
Domicile and Quasi-domicile
Where a man belongs in law: how domicile and quasi-domicile are acquired and lost, and what they decide — which particular laws bind him, where his marriage is celebrated, whose precept he satisfies.
The works themselves ask 16 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Also asked about as…
moving parish · where do i belong · which parish am i in (ed.)
In the index as Domicile · Stranger · Law · Quasi-domicile · Vagrants · Clandestinity · Regulars · Strangers · Travelers · Bishop · Departure from the territory · Domicile, quasi-domicile · Letters · Marriage · Residence · Solemnity · Subjects of law · Wanderers · *Peregrini* · Absent person · Acquisition · Alexander VII · All religious · Baptism
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Bk. VII, Question Three. Concerning the Minister of Order., n. 463 — 463. Who Is the Proper Bishop. 1. As regards the ordination of seculars, from a threefold title a bishop can be the proper bishop of the bishop to be ordained: a. If the ordinand in the diocese has domicile together with… Read in context →
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. III, Chapter IV. The Subjects of Law, n. 4 — Particular ecclesiastical laws are made for particular countries, or provinces, or dioceses, by the competent authority, and bind all subjects living within the territories in question. One is subject to local law by hav… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. V, § I. On Preliminary Notions, n. 123 — V. Domicile, quasi-domicile. These imply a certain stable residence in some territory, and are distinguished: 1. into proper or voluntary, and legal or necessary, according as it is constituted by personal residence or b… Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 5. Ecclesiastical Law, Those Bound by Particular Laws, n. 436 — There are two kinds of domicile. (a) A true domicile or home is acquired in a place in two ways: immediately, when one takes up one’s abode there, with the intention of remaining permanently or indefinitely; finally, aft… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Conscience, II. On Certain Conscience, n. 109 — Can there be an invincibly erroneous conscience concerning the precepts of natural law? - "It is certain that in the first principles of natural law, as also in the proximate conclusions and certain obligations of one's … Read in context →
Vol. III, On Baptism, III. On the Minister of Baptism, nn. 419 & 420 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, On Order, II. On the Minister and Subject of Order, n. 893 — Can any Bishop licitly confer orders? - For licitly conferring and receiving orders it is required that the one to be initiated, even with first tonsure, be ordained by his own Bishop, or by another, but with his permiss… Read in context →
Vol. IV, On Marriage, III. On the Impediments of Marriage, n. 1026 — What was clandestinity of marriage formerly, according to the Council of Trent? Besides the thing, the cause, and consent, in marriage its solemnities are to be considered, namely that extrinsic form of marriage by which… 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)
16. On the Author and the Subject of Law, n. 6 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter II: On Marriage as Sacrament, n. 854 — 854. 1° Notion. Matrimonial banns (from the German word bann, public promulgation) are public promulgations which are sent before a future marriage, especially for this end, that impediments, if there are any, may be det… Read in context →
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter III: On the Impediments of Matrimony, nn. ¶5 & 1028 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Holy Orders (Volume I), On Holy Orders, n. 1141 — 1141. For the validity of ordination: a) the ordinary minister is every and only consecrated bishop; b) the extraordinary minister is he who, although he lacks episcopal character, has received from law or from the Apost… Read in context →
On the Prohibition and Censorship of Books (De prohibitione et censura librorum)
Tit. II, Ch. I, Article 37, n. 114 — The former law partly abrogated 114. 1. By the former law, by order of Alexander VII, those dwelling in the Pontifical State had to offer their books to be approved by the previous censure of the Cardinal Vicar of the Ci… Read in context →
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. I, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Ch. II, Divine and Human, Section 9: The Subjects of Human Law, n. ¶3 — A particular law is one made for a limited class of persons or for a particular territory only. Particular laws of the latter kind bind those for whom they are made, who have a domicile or quasi-domicile in the territory… Read in context →
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. III, Art. III, § 3, Insofar as They Are Subject to Local Laws, nn. 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198 & 199 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. VIII, Art. II, § 1. The Valid and Licit Ordinary Celebration of Matrimony, n. 767 — 767. 2. A domicile or quasi-domicile, or at least a month's residence, of either person about to marry in the place where the matrimony is celebrated. a) A domicile, which is the place "where someone establishes his hous… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Sixth Part: On Ecclesiasti…, Second Question: On the Po…, Article V: On the Subjects of Ecclesiastical Law, nn. 357, 358 & 359 (31 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, Laws, Case 2. The Subject of Law, n. ¶1 — Lucius, an Englishman, having been ordered by his doctor to seek southern regions because of the mildness of the climate, determines within himself to go to Rome and spend the winter there. A man of timorous conscience, … Read in context →
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Matrimony, Case 25. A Notable Case, n. ¶1 — Henrietta, the daughter of Caia, who was French by nationality and retained her domicile in London throughout the entire time to which the case extends, lived for the sake of education in a certain convent of nuns in Par… Read in context →
Slater, Cases II, Matrimony, Case 27. Requisites for Marriage, n. ¶1 — Titius and Caia, Catholics, had duly contracted betrothal and wished to enter marriage within a few weeks. Titius, twenty-two years of age, was numbered among the members of a certain theatrical company who wandered from… Read in context →
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. III, Pt. I, Chapter IV. On the Subject of Law, nn. 80, Q. 3 & 80, Q. 4 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Who is bound by a law — Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)