A Topic of Moral Theology

Invalid Marriage

Invalid Marriage, as treated in Wouters (Appendix I. On Invalid Marriage).

Also asked about as…

annulment · marriage declared null · my marriage was never valid · null marriage (ed.)

In the index as Marriage · Mixed marriage

In the manuals

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Appendix I. On Invalid Marriage, n. 827 — If any marriage is found to be invalid, the case must be provided for in different ways according to the circumstances: namely, either by leaving the parties in good faith, or by permitting them to live as brother and si… Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. I, Article III. On The Division Of Matrimony, n. 640 — 640. 3. Into valid, invalid, putative. Valid (true) matrimony is that to which no diriment impediment is opposed; but if a prohibiting impediment is opposed, the matrimony indeed remains valid, but is illicit. Invalid (v… Read in context →

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

Vol. I, Case IV: Legalization of an Illicit Union, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Matrimony — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · 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 · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales and 10 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)