A Topic of Moral Theology

Mixed Marriages

Marriage with baptized non-Catholics: the Church's aversion, the required promises, and the conditions of dispensation.

Within this topic

Penalty Marriage before a non-Catholic minister; children outside the Church (Can. 2319) — in Excommunications Reserved to the Ordinary

See also Sharing in non-Catholic worship — in External Profession of the Faith

Also asked about as…

interfaith marriage · marrying a non-catholic · marrying a protestant · marrying outside the faith (ed.)

In the index as Mixed religion · Impediments of Matrimony (Impedimenta Matrimonii) · Marriage with unbelievers and heretics · Mixed marriages · Mixed religion as prohibiting impediment · Mixed marriage · Matrimony · Prohibition of the Church (Vetitum Ecclesiae) · Vow (Votum) · Mixed matrimony · Bishop (Episcopus) · Cautions · Celebration of matrimony · Condemned societies · Disparity of worship · Heretic · Heretics · Masons · One notoriously bound by censure with respect to matrimony · Public sinners · Simple vow · Active assistance of the priest is required in matrimony · Apostates with respect to matrimony · Assistance at matrimony

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Five. On the Impe…, Article One. On Impediment…, Section 2. Mixed Religion., nn. 562, 563 & 564 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Eight. On the For…, Article Six. On the Celebration of Mixed Matrimony., nn. 658 & 659 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Art. X, Section I. Mixed Marriages, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Pt. II, Insofar as It Is a Sacrament, Particularly, Sect. III, Ch. II, Article III. Mixed Religion, nn. 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, 766, 767 & 768 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. IV, Appendix, Concerning Betrothals and Marriage, Concerning Marriage, nn. ¶30, ¶31, ¶32 & ¶33 (4 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. II, Treatise on Matrimony, Ch. VI, Art. II, § II, Point VII. On the Impediment of Disparity of Worship, nn. ¶1, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830 & 831 (37 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, nn. 902–915 (14 passages)

What Is Marriage? A Catechism Arranged According to the Encyclical “Casti Connubii” of Pope Pius XI

Vermeersch, What Is Marriage?, Part Two: The Attack on Ma…, The Campaign Against the Sacrament, nn. 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154 & 155 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VII. On theological …, Ch. III, Art. III, § 4. On marriages entered with heretics and unbelievers, nn. 531 & 532 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Art. II, § 3. Mixed Religion, nn. ¶109, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 792 & 793 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. VIII, Ch. III, Article I: On Prohibiting Impediments, nn. ¶1984, ¶1, ¶1985, ¶2, ¶1986, ¶1987, ¶1988, ¶3, ¶1989, ¶4, ¶1990, ¶5, ¶1991, ¶1992 & ¶1993 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. II, Treatise on Matrimony, Ch. VI, Article I. On Impediments Impeding Matrimony, nn. ¶1565, ¶1, ¶1566, ¶2, ¶1567, ¶3, ¶4, ¶1568, ¶1569, ¶1570, ¶1571 & ¶1572 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Ch. IV, Art. II, § 1. Mixed Religion, nn. 82, ¶5891, 83, ¶5893, ¶5894, ¶5895, ¶5896, 84, ¶5898, ¶5899, ¶5900, ¶5901, 85, ¶5903, ¶5904, 86, ¶5906, ¶5907, ¶5908, ¶5909, ¶5910, ¶5911, ¶5912, ¶5913, ¶5914, 87, ¶5916, ¶5917, ¶5918, ¶5919, 88, ¶5921, ¶5922, ¶5923, ¶5924, ¶5925, ¶5926, 89, ¶5928, ¶5929, ¶5930, ¶5931, ¶5932, ¶5933, ¶5934, ¶5935, ¶5936, ¶5937, ¶5938, ¶5939, ¶5940, 90, ¶5942, ¶5943, ¶5944 & ¶5945 (56 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, nn. 867, 868, 869, 870 & 871 (46 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treatise on Christian Marriage

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Elvira…, A.D. 305, nn. ¶841, ¶844 & ¶846 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Laodic…, 343-381, nn. ¶898 & ¶899 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Hippo, A.D. 393, n. ¶997 — Canon XII. It pleased the council that the sons or daughters of bishops or of any clerics whatever are not joined in marriage to Gentiles or heretics or schismatics.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Chalce…, A.D. 451, nn. ¶1057 & ¶1058 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Agde, …, A.D. 506, n. ¶1114 — Canon LXVII. It is not fitting to mingle marriages with all heretics and either to give sons or daughters, but rather to receive, if nevertheless they profess that they are going to be Christians and Catholics.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Orleans, A.D. 533, n. ¶1143 — Canon XIX. It has pleased us that no Christian shall take a Jewish woman as wife in marriage, nor a Jew a Christian woman; because we judge that between persons of this sort there are illicit nuptials. But if, after bein… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 589, n. ¶1187 — Canon XIV. At the suggestion of the council, our most glorious Lord (King Reccared) ordered this to be inserted in the canons, that it is not lawful for Jews to have Christian wives or concubines.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 633, n. ¶1232 — Canon LXIII. Jews who have Christian women in marriage are to be admonished by the bishop of that city, that if they desire to remain with them, they become Christians. But if, after being admonished, they are unwilling,… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Roman Council und…, A.D. 743, n. ¶1306 — Canon X. If any Christian has presumed to couple his daughter in marriage to a Jew, unless the Jew has perfectly believed in Christ and been baptized, and if a Christian widow has led a Jew as husband ... let him be anat… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toulouse, Callistus II Presiding, A.D. 1119, n. ¶1635 — Canon III. Those who, simulating an appearance of religion (the Petrobrusians), condemn the sacrament of the Body and Blood of the Lord, the baptism of children, the priesthood and the other ecclesiastical orders, and th… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Second Lateran Co…, Ecumenical, A.D. 1139, n. ¶1646 — Canon XXIII. Those, moreover, who, simulating an appearance of religiosity, condemn the sacrament of the Body and Blood of the Lord, the baptism of children, the priesthood and the other ecclesiastical orders, and the le… Read in context →

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Slater, Cases II, Matrimony, Case 30. Mixed Marriage, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion

Pt. III, II. THE SACRAMENTS, 7. MATRIMONY, Mixed Marriages, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Guide for Catholic Young Women

Chapter LXXVIII: Of Mixed Marriages, nn. ¶943, ¶944, ¶945, ¶946, ¶947, ¶948, ¶949, ¶950, ¶951, ¶952 & ¶953 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Ch. VI, Article I. On Impeding Impediments of Marriage, n. 872, Q. 5 — Question 5. Once dispensation has been obtained, is it licit for the betrothed to furnish consent before a non-Catholic minister as one devoted to sacred things? Resp. § 1. Even if a dispensation over the impediment of m… Read in context →

Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Matrimony, nn. 976 & 1016 (27 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Matrimony, nn. ¶103, ¶104, ¶105, ¶106, ¶107, ¶108, ¶109, ¶110, ¶111, ¶112, ¶113, ¶124, ¶125, ¶126, ¶127, ¶128, ¶129, ¶130 & ¶131 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Difference of Religion — The Casuist — this work does not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so its treatment stands one heading up (ed.)