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A Topic of Moral Theology

Error of person and of condition

Substantial error annuls; error about qualities; the servile condition.

The works themselves ask 8 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

deceived into marriage · married under false pretenses (ed.)

In the index as Error · Error as defect of matrimonial consent · Condition · Errors condemned by Pius IX · Ignorance · Imbecility · Inadvertence · Matrimony · Mistake in contract · Person · Privilege of the canon · Servitude · Slavery

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Art. XII, Slavery, Imbecility, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

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)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 12 passages

153. The Impediment of Error and Abduction, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 7 passages

Vol. II, Treatise on Matrimony, Ch. VI, Art. II, § II, Point I. On the Impediment of Error and Condition, nn. ¶1, 795 & 796 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss — 2 passages

Vol. II, Appendix: The Marriage Impediments Under the New Code of Canon Law, nn. ¶18 & ¶19 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 35 passages

Ch. II, Art. II, § 2. Error, nn. 33, ¶5626, ¶5627, ¶5628, ¶5629, ¶5630, ¶5631, ¶5632, ¶5633, ¶5634, ¶5635, ¶5636, ¶5637, 34, ¶5639, 35, ¶5641, 36, ¶5643, ¶5644, ¶5645, ¶5646, 37, ¶5648, ¶5649, ¶5650, ¶5651, ¶5652, ¶5653, 38, ¶5655, 39, ¶5657, 40 & ¶5659 (35 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 25 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, First Part: On Matrimony I…, Question Four: On the Caus…, Article II: On the Vices of Consent, nn. 804 & 805 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P.

Diss. II, Chapter I — On diriment impediments, n. II — II. QUESTION I. Whether error of person dissolves matrimony? ANSWER. Error of person by the law of nature annuls the contract, because this error takes away consent, when one person is substituted for another. This error… Read in context →

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 12 passages

Slater, Cases II, Censures, Case 1. A Mistake in the Man, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Error, Slavery, Imbecility — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · The Casuist · Decretum of Gratian · Decretals of Gregory IX — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)