A Topic of Moral Theology
Murder of a Consort
Conjugicide as a matrimonial impediment.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Crime · Betrothed parties · Confessor · Conjugal murder · Ignorance
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Art. XI, Section II. Murder of a Consort, n. 1 — Murder by a man and a woman of the spouse of one of them constitutes a diriment impediment to their marriage. This impediment does not arise unless death really ensues; attempted murder is not sufficient. Moreover, the m… Read in context →
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. III, Art. VIII, § IV. Spouse-Murder Alone, n. 790 — Canon 1075, 3° states: "They cannot validly contract marriage who by mutual physical or moral cooperation, even without adultery, have brought death upon a spouse." Therefore there are required: I. Cooperation or plottin… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Third Part: On the Impedim…, Question Three: On Dirimen…, Article VI: On Abduction and Crime, nn. 900 & 901 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. II, Chapter I — On diriment impediments, n. XVIII — XVIII. Homicide without adultery induces a diriment impediment when a man and a woman conspire in a machination for the death of the wife or of the husband, with the intention that, death following, they may enter upon m… Read in context →
On the Morals of To-Day
Chapter IV: The New Code and the “impedimentum Criminis”, nn. ¶115, ¶116 & ¶117 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Crime — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Palmieri, On Christian Marriage · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases II · The Casuist · Decretum of Gratian · Decretals of Gregory IX — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)