A Topic of Moral Theology
Why mixed marriages are forbidden
Communication in sacred rites; danger to faith and children.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Mixed religion · Heretic · Masons · Matrimony · Mixed marriage · Betrothed parties · Cautions · Impediments · Impediments of matrimony · Public sinners
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Art. X, Section I. Mixed Marriages, n. 1 — Mixed marriages are forbidden by the natural, divine, and ecclesiastical law. For the parties are ministers to each other of the sacrament of Marriage; but it is unlawful for a Catholic without grave necessity to communi… Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Matrimony, nn. ¶103, ¶104, ¶105, ¶107, ¶108, ¶109, ¶110, ¶111, ¶112 & ¶113 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
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, n. 1016 (10 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, n. 531 — 531. Another and indeed disastrous danger of perversion in faith is mixed marriages, of which Pius IX says: "All know what the Catholic Church herself has constantly thought about marriages of this kind between Catholics… Read in context →
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Art. II, § 3. Mixed Religion, n. 785 — 785. Morality of mixed matrimony. A mixed matrimony is sometimes prohibited by natural and divine law itself, namely, when a) there arises for the Catholic party a proximate danger of perversion and especially of losing … Read in context →
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)
Guide for Catholic Young Women
Chapter LXXVIII: Of Mixed Marriages, nn. ¶944 & ¶951 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Mixed Marriages — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, What Is Marriage? · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Palmieri, On Christian Marriage · Slater, Cases II · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)