A Topic of Moral Theology

Irritation (Annulment) of Vows

Annulling or suspending a vow by one who has power over the will of the person vowing or over its matter.

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In the index as Invalidation of vows · Vow · Vows · Annulment of a vow · Husband · Father · Nullification · Vow of chastity · Bishop · Irritation of a vow · Parents · Wife · Abbess · Annulment · Cause · Iteration · Mother · Religious superior · Suspension · Chapter · Children · Children with respect to ecclesiastical laws · Dispensation · Female Superior

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Question Third. On Vow, Article Third. On the Obli…, Section 2. On the Irritation of Vow, nn. 228, 229, 230, 231 & 232 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. IV, Article II. On Irritation, nn. 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661 & 662 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 5. The Quasi-integral…, Vows, nn. 2224 & 2225 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 5. The Quasi-integral…, Cessation of Vows, nn. 2228, 2229 & 2230 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Second Precept of t…, Ch. III, Art. III, § I. On the Irritation of Vows, n. 331 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, On the Virtue of Religion …, Chapter II: On Oaths and Vows, nn. 992, 993, 994 & 995 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. IV, Pt. II, Ch. II, Section 6: Cessation of Vows, nn. ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9 & ¶10 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. II, Art. IV, § 6. On the Cessation of a Vow Through Invalidation, n. 411 — 411. Definition. Invalidation of a vow is its annulment or suspension made by one who has dominative power over the will of the person vowing or at least over the matter of the vow. Invalidation, therefore, is an act of … Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section B: On the Acts of …, Ch. III, Question Three: On Vow, Article IV: On the Cessation of the Obligation of Vow, nn. 734, 735 & 736 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Second Precept of t…, Ch. III, Art. III, § I. On the Irritation of Vows, nn. 233, 234, 235, 235, Q. 2, 235, Q. 3 & 235, Q. 4 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, Volume III: On the Decalogue

Diss. III, Chapter III — On the invalidation of vows, and on those who possess the faculty of invalidating them, nn. I–XIV (14 passages)

Diss. III, Chapter IV — On the power which Prelates of Regulars have to invalidate the vows of their subjects, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX & X (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Diss. III, Chapter V — Which vows of children parents, guardians, and curators can invalidate, nn. I–XXV (25 passages)

Diss. III, Chapter VI — On the vows of wives, nn. I–XXII (22 passages)

Diss. III, Chapter VII — On the power of masters over the vows of servants, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI & VII (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XIII: What the power of annulling vows is, and what kind, nn. 1–47 (47 passages)

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XIV: On the power of religious prelates to annul vows, nn. 1–23 (23 passages)

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XV: Whether a husband can annul all the vows of his wife, beyond the vow of chastity, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XVI: Whether a husband can annul a vow of chastity made by his wife without his permission while the marriage stands, and to be fulfilled then, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XVII: Whether a husband can annul the vows of his wife, made without his permission, to be fulfilled when the marriage has been dissolved, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XVIII: Whether a husband can annul the vows of his wife made before the marriage, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XIX: Whether the vows of a wife, made without her husband's permission, revive when the marriage is dissolved, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XX: Whether a husband can annul the vows of his wife made with his permission, the vow of chastity excepted, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XXI: Whether a husband can revoke the vow of chastity of his wife, made with his permission, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XXII: Whether a husband can annul the vows of his wife made while she was under the authority of her father or of a first husband, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XXIII: Whether a wife can annul certain vows of her husband, and which, nn. 1–24 (24 passages)

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XXIV: Whether parents or guardians can annul all the vows of their children under the age of puberty, nn. 1–16 (16 passages)

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XXV: Whether a father and a curator can annul the personal vows of children who have reached puberty, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XXVI: Which real or mixed vows of children who have reached puberty can be annulled by the father, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XXVII: To whom belongs the faculty of annulling the vows of those who have, and those who have not, reached puberty, nn. 1–31 (31 passages)

Tr. IV, Disputation I: On the Vow, Question XXVIII: Which vows of servants their masters can annul, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Annulment, dispensation and commutation of vows — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases I — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)