A Topic of Moral Theology
What irregularity is
A canonical impediment to receiving or exercising Orders; from defect and from crime; who is subject
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Irregularity · Bigamy · The insane · Ignorance · Illegitimacy · Jurisdiction · Those with impaired sight · Bishop · Castrated Man · Children · Clerics · Defect · Dispensation · Energumen · Epileptics · Eunuch · Executioners · Faculties · Illegitimate Persons · Impediment · Inability · Infamous persons · Judge · Mutilation
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. XI, Chapter I. Irregularity in General, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. III, Pt. III, Sect. II, Ch. II, Article I. Irregularities and Impediments in General, nn. 620, 621, 622 & 623 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. III, Pt. III, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § I. Irregularities from Defect, nn. 624, 625, 626, 627, 628 & 629 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VII, Diss. III, Pt. III, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § II. Irregularities from Delict, n. 630 — Preliminary points. In order that a delict may produce irregularity, it is required that it be a grave sin, perpetrated after baptism, except the case of which under II, and external (canon 986). It is said sin: 1. Grave… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Order, Appendix: On Irregularities and Other Impediments, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & 742 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XX, Chapter I. On Irregularities in General, n. 1028 — I say. No irregularity is ever incurred unless it is expressed in canon law. Thus in the new Code it is clearly declared: No perpetual impediment which comes under the name of irregularity, whether it is from defect or f… Read in context →
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Irregularity, Case 1. A Priest Practising Medicine and Surgery, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Irregularity in General — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)