A Topic of Moral Theology
Legal adoption as an impediment
Roman law; Canon 1059; England and the United States.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Adoption · Legal kinship · Impediments of matrimony · Kinship as impediment · Impediments · Orders · Vow
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Five. On the Impe…, Article One. On Impediment…, Section 3. Legal Relationship., nn. 565, 566 & 567 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Five. On the Impe…, Article Three. On Diriment…, Section 13. Legal Relationship., n. 604 — 604. Nature of the Impediment. 1. The impediment of legal relationship (Burgerliche Verwandtschaft) consists in this, that between persons who have contracted relationship from adoption, valid matrimony cannot be entered… Read in context →
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Article VII. Adoption, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)
150. Legal Relationship, Public Honesty, Vow, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter III: On the Impediments of Matrimony, n. 916 — IV. On the Impediment of Legal Relationship. 916. Formerly many difficulties were raised concerning legal relationship, whether or not it was an impediment, and in what degree. The Code, c. 1059, hands down the principle of solution, decreeing that in this matter c… Read in context →
Pastoral Questions
Ch. IV, Art. II, § 3. Legal Kinship, nn. 94, ¶5958, 95 & ¶5960–¶5986 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. V, Article XIII: Legal Kinship, nn. 174, ¶6370, 175, ¶6372, ¶6373, ¶6374, ¶6375, 176, ¶6377 & ¶6378 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Third Part: On the Impedim…, Question Two: On Impeding Impediments, n. 866 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Third Part: On the Impedim…, Question Three: On Dirimen…, Art. VII, Carnal, Spiritual, and Legal, nn. 909 & 910 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)
Bk. IV, Title XII: On Legal Kinship, c. 1 — Sole Chapter. Latin source headnote: Between an adopted person and the daughter of the adopter, marriage cannot subsist while the adoption endures. Nicholas, in the Responses to the Bulgarians. If any woman has begun through adoption … Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Adoption — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)