The impediments in general

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 6 passages

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Five. On the Impe…, Article One. On Impediments in General., nn. 556, 557, 558, 559 & 560 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Five. On the Impe…, Article Three. On Diriment Impediments., n. 568 — 568. Declaration. a. In order that matrimony can be entered validly and licitly, three things are required: capable persons, sufficient consent, and due form. Therefore three things impede the validity or liceity of matr… Read in context →

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 8 passages

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Chapter VIII. The Impediments of Marriage in General, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Chapter IX. The Prohibitory Impediments, nn. 1 & 4 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Chapter XI. Doubtful Impediments, n. 1 — WHEN there is 1 doubt as to the existence of a diriment impediment which annuls marriage by natural or divine law, marriage must not be contracted, for as there would always be a doubt as to whether it was valid, the par… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Chapter XII. Dispensations from Diriment Impediments, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. XI, Chapter I. Irregularity in General, n. 3 — As only males and those who are baptized can be validly ordained, the same two conditions are required in order to be subject to irregularity. There is nothing to prevent the same person from being subject to several dif… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 6 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Pt. II, Insofar as It Is a Sacrament, Particularly, Sect. III, Chapter I. On Impediments in General, nn. 754, 755, 756, 757 & 758 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Bk. II, Pt. I, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. III, § 1. On a Promise Made to the Partner, n. 84 — I. Effect of the impediment. One who is bound by a promise not to use marriage: if he has obligated himself from fidelity, exacts the debt lawfully but unlawfully; if he has obligated himself from justice, he exacts the … Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 4. Holy Orders; Matri…, The Recipient of Orders, n. 2784 — Canonical Requirements for Ordination. Canonical Requirements for Ordination.—(a) Positive requirements are: proper age (that is, the twenty-first, twenty-second, and twenty-fourth years completed are necessary for subdeaconship, deaconship, priesthood, respe… Read in context →

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 4. Holy Orders; Matri…, Matrimonial Impediments, n. 2804 — Matrimonial Impediments. Matrimonial Impediments.—(a) Definition.—An impediment is a circumstance directly affecting the contract of marriage and rendering it illicit or invalid. Thus, an impediment differs from an unfitness that refers immediat… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 13 passages

Vol. I, On Human Acts, I. On the Nature of the Human Act, n. 5 — What are human acts? - An act in created things is the determination of some potency or faculty. Hence human acts are acts of human faculties. But human acts are considered in moral theology in the genus of morals, or in… Read in context →

Vol. I, On Human Acts, II. On the Impediments of the Human Act, n. 47 — What are the impediments of the human act? - As is clear from what has been said, to have a human act there is required: 1. the exercise of the adverting intellect; 2. the free exercise of the will; 3. the exercise of th… Read in context →

Vol. III, On Order, II. On the Minister and Subject of Order, n. 896 — What is required for validly receiving orders? - For validly receiving ordination it is required and suffices that one be a baptized male. Therefore a woman is incapable of orders, and a hermaphrodite in whom the female … Read in context →

Vol. IV, On Marriage, I. On Betrothals and on the Banns, nn. 925 & 933 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. IV, On Marriage, III. On the Impediments of Marriage, nn. 984, 993 & 1023 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. IV, On Marriage, IV. On Dispensation from Impediments and Revalidation of Marriage, nn. 1035, 1046, 1048, 1049 & 1050 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

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

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J.

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Matrimony, n. ¶84 — N. 786. - The Church Alone Can Establish Diriment Impediments of Matrimony. "Since marriage is by its own force, by its own nature, by its own impulse sacred, it is fitting that it be ruled and moderated not by the command of princes, but by the divine authority of the Church, which alone has th… Read in context →

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. — 40 passages

Vol. II, Treatise on Matrimony, Ch. VI, Art. II, § I. On Diriment Impediments in General, nn. ¶1, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 792 & 793 (40 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 11 passages

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter III: On the Impediments of Matrimony, nn. 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926 & 927 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 16 passages

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. VIII, Chapter I: General Matters on Impediments and Dispensations, nn. 750–764 & 764 bis (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 4 passages

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Article I. On the Notion and Division of Impediments, nn. 777 & 778 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Article III. On the Diriment Impediments of Matrimony, nn. 794 & 795 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Anthony Konings, C.SS.R. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Treatise on Matrimony, Ch. VI, Art. II, § I. On Diriment Impediments in General, nn. ¶1573 & ¶1574 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 18 passages

Ch. IV, Article I: Concerning Impediments in General, nn. 78, ¶5872, ¶5873, ¶5874, ¶5875, ¶5876, ¶5877, ¶5878, ¶5879, ¶5880, ¶5881, 79, ¶5883, ¶5884, ¶5885, 80, ¶5887 & ¶5888 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 70 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Third Part: On the Impedim…, Question One: On Impediments in General, nn. ¶1, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 861, 862 & 863 (70 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treatise on Christian Marriage

Dominic Palmieri, S.J. — 102 passages

Ch. IV, Praenotiones, nn. ¶588, ¶589, ¶590, ¶591, ¶592, ¶593, ¶594, ¶595, ¶596, ¶597, ¶598, ¶599 & ¶600 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Thesis XXVIII, nn. ¶601, XXVIII, I, ¶603, XXVIII, II, XXVIII, III, ¶606, ¶607, XXVIII, IV, ¶609, XXVIII, V, ¶611 & ¶612 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. IV, Thesis XXIX, nn. ¶613–XXIX, XX (50 passages)

Ch. IV, Thesis XXX, nn. ¶663–¶689 (27 passages)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 16 passages

Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Ch. VI, Article I. On Impeding Impediments of Marriage, n. 867 — I say 1°. § 1. An impeding impediment contains a grave prohibition of contracting marriage; which, however, is not rendered invalid if, notwithstanding the impediment, it is contracted. § 2. A diriment impediment both gr… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Ch. VI, Art. II, § I. On Diriment Impediments in General, nn. 873, 874, 874, Q. 2, 874, Q. 3, 874, Q. 4, 874, Q. 5, 874, Q. 6, 874, Q. 7, 874, Q. 8, 874, Q. 9, 874, Q. 10, 874, Q. 11, 874, Q. 12, 874, Q. 13 & 874, Q. 14 (15 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. I — I. Fifteen impediments are numbered after Trent, contained in these verses: Error, condition, vow, kinship, crime, Disparity of worship, force, order, bond, Honesty, affinity, if clandestine, if impotent, If the woman be… Read in context →

The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology

Various; ed. S. Woywod, O.F.M., and J. A. McHugh, O.P. — 11 passages

Vol. V, Case XCVII: Cessation of Impediments, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion

Francis Spirago; edited by Richard F. Clarke, S.J. — 11 passages

Pt. III, II. THE SACRAMENTS, 7. MATRIMONY, Impediments to Matrimony, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)