A Topic of Moral Theology

Public propriety before and under the Code

From betrothal and ratified marriage formerly; now from invalid marriage and concubinage (Can. 1078)

In the index as Affinity · Concubinage · Degree · Impediments · Public honesty · Public propriety

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Article VIII. Public Propriety, nn. 1 & 2 (2 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 V. On the Impediment of Public Propriety, n. 819 (2 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 Three: On Dirimen…, Article VIII: On Affinity and Public Honesty, nn. 915, 916 & 917 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Public Propriety — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)