Public Propriety

The impediment of public propriety arising from an invalid marriage or notorious concubinage.

The works themselves ask 6 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Within this topic

Public propriety before and under the Code

In the index as Public honesty · Concubinage · Public propriety as diriment impediment of matrimony · Public propriety · Impediments of matrimony · Matrimony · Diriment Impediments of Marriage · Affinity · Degree · Doubtful baptism with respect to matrimony · Impediments · Notorious concubinage · Propriety · Public · Public concubinage · Relationship

In the manuals

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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J.

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Five. On the Impe…, Article Three. On Diriment…, Section 11. Public Honesty., n. 601 — 601. Nature of the Impediment. 1. The impediment of public honesty consists in this, that matrimony is invalid between those who have contracted invalid matrimony (whether it has been consummated or not), likewise betwee… Read in context →

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Article VIII. Public Propriety, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Pt. II, Insofar as It Is a Sacrament, Particularly, Sect. III, Ch. III, Article XI. Public Honesty, nn. 799 & 800 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

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

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 2 passages

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Matrimony, nn. ¶96 & ¶97 (2 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

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 2 passages

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Matrimony, n. 1014 (2 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)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 7 passages

150. Legal Relationship, Public Honesty, Vow, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (7 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.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 14 passages

Vol. II, Treatise on Matrimony, Ch. VI, Art. II, § II, Point V. On the Impediment of Public Propriety, nn. 816, 817, 818 & 819 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 3 passages

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Art. III, § 11. Public Propriety, nn. 845, 846 & 847 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 30 passages

Ch. V, Article XI: Public Propriety, nn. 162, ¶6317, ¶6318, ¶6319, ¶6320, ¶6321, ¶6322, ¶6323, ¶6324, 163, ¶6326, ¶6327, 164, ¶6329, ¶6330, ¶6331, ¶6332, ¶6333, 165, ¶6335, ¶6336, 166, ¶6338, ¶6339, ¶6340, ¶6341, ¶6342, ¶6343, ¶6344 & ¶6345 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 16 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Third Part: On the Impedim…, Question Three: On Dirimen…, Article VIII: On Affinity and Public Honesty, nn. 915, 916 & 917 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J.

Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Ch. VI, Art. II, § II. On Impediments in Particular, n. 898 — Point X. On the Impediment of Public Honesty. The impediment of public honesty arises from invalid marriage, whether consummated or not, and from public or notorious concubinage; and it dirimently invalidates nuptials in the first and second degree of the direct lin… Read in context →

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P. — 2 passages

Diss. II, Chapter I — On diriment impediments, nn. XXIII & XXIV (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Impediments of Marriage — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Slater, Cases II · The Casuist · The Roman Catechism · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)