A Topic of Moral Theology

The Effects of Marriage; Legitimacy

The bond, the marital rights and duties, legitimacy of children.

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illegitimate child · legitimate children · legitimation (ed.)

In the index as Legitimacy of children · Legitimate Children · Legitimate persons · Legitimated Persons · Legitimation · Minor children with respect to matrimony · Effects · Historical matters of Matrimony · Illegitimate persons · Legitimacy · Marriage · Matrimony · Three goods · Children · Faith · Illegitimacy · Incestuous children · Legitimate offspring · Matrimonial dispensation · Natural child · Rescript · Sacrilege is incurred by a cleric in sacred orders sinning against chastity even internally · Sanation in the root of matrimony · Solemn profession

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Seven. On Matrimo…, Article Two. On Conditione…, Section 2. Effects with Regard to Children., nn. 640 & 641 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Pt. I, Section V. On the Effects of Matrimony, n. 724 — I. Division of effects. The effects of matrimony are divided: 1. By reason of connection, into inseparable and separable effects. Inseparable effects are those which spontaneously and necessarily flow from valid matrimon… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. V, Scholion. On Legitimacy and Matters Akin to It, nn. ¶1, 725, 726, 727 & 728 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. VIII, Title VI: On the Effects of Marriage, nn. 808, 809, 810 & 811 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Chapter IX: Concerning the Effects of Matrimony, n. ¶6870 — Matrimony legitimately contracted induces several effects, both with respect to the rights and obligations of the spouses, and concerning the children who are born from that matrimony, whom it constitutes legitimate.Read in context →

Ch. IX, Article II: Concerning the Legitimacy of Children, nn. 262, ¶6883, ¶6884, ¶6885, ¶6886, 263, ¶6888, ¶6889, ¶6890, 264, ¶6892, ¶6893, ¶6894, ¶6895, ¶6896, 265, ¶6898, ¶6899, ¶6900, 266, ¶6902, ¶6903, ¶6904, ¶6905, ¶6906, ¶6907, ¶6908, ¶6909, ¶6910, ¶6911, ¶6912, ¶6913 & ¶6914 (33 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, First Part: On Matrimony I…, Question Three: On the Effects and Goods of Matrimony, nn. ¶1, 792, 793, 794 & 795 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Ch. V, Article II. On the Subject of Marriage, nn. 866, Q. 2 & 866, Q. 4 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

The 1917 Code of Canon Law

Tit. VII, Chapter IX: Of the Effects of Marriage, cann. 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116 & 1117 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)

Bk. IV, Title XVII: Which Children Are Legitimate, cc. 1–15 (15 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Matrimony — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, What Is Marriage? · Vermeersch, On Chastity · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis and 5 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)