A Topic of Moral Theology
Insanity and marriage
The insane incapable except in a lucid interval; supervening insanity.
Also asked about as…
can the insane marry · marriage and dementia · mental illness and marriage (ed.)
In the index as Error · Dementia with respect to matrimonial consent · Ignorance · Ignorance as defect of matrimonial consent · Inadvertence · Insanity with respect to matrimonial consent · Matrimony · Servitude
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Art. XII, Slavery, Imbecility, n. 3 — Imbeciles who have not the use of reason are incapable by the law of nature of contracting a valid marriage, unless it is contracted in a lucid interval. If the loss of reason supervenes on marriage which has been validl… Read in context →
Pastoral Questions
Ch. II, Art. II, § 1. Defect of Reason and Ignorance, nn. 31, ¶5616, ¶5617, ¶5618, 32, ¶5620, ¶5621, ¶5622, ¶5623 & ¶5624 (10 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 Four: On the Caus…, Article II: On the Vices of Consent, nn. 804 & 805 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Error, Slavery, Imbecility — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · 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.)