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Defect of birth (illegitimacy)

What makes a person illegitimate; legitimation.

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born out of wedlock priest · illegitimate children and priesthood (ed.)

In the index as Illegitimate persons · Illegitimacy · Irregularity · Birth · Children · Infamy · Irregularities · Offspring · Reputation · Defect of birth · Exposed infants · Faculties · Illegitimate children · Illegitimates · Legitimated Persons · Mother · Natural defects · Spurious

In the manuals

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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 5 passages

§ 4. Defect of Birth., nn. 149 & 150 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Bk. VII, Question Five. Concerning …, Article One. Concerning Ir…, Section 1. Defect of Legitimate Birth., nn. ¶1, 481 & 482 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Bk. XI, Chapter II. Irregularities from Defect, nn. ¶1 & 1 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P.

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IX, Ch. III, Art. III, § 2. On Irregularities From Defect, n. 614 — 614. 1. Defect of birth has constituted an irregularity for centuries, because a) illegitimate children bearing the reproach of their parents are not sufficiently worthy for the excellence of the clerical state; b) they … Read in context →

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J.

Vol. II, Tr. XX, Ch. II, Article I. On Irregularities from Defect, n. 1029 — 1°. Legitimate children are children conceived or born from a valid or putative marriage, unless to the parents, on account of solemn profession or a sacred order received, the use of a marriage previously contracted was… Read in context →

The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)

Gratian — 15 passages

Pt. I, Distinction LVI, cc. & 1–14 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)

Pope Gregory IX — 18 passages

Bk. I, Title XVII: On Whether the Sons of Priests Are to Be Ordained, cc. 1–18 (18 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Irregularities from Defect — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)