A Topic of Moral Theology

Sacred Order in the Eastern Churches

Sacred Order in the Eastern Churches, as treated in Wouters (Scholion. On Sacred Order in the Eastern Churches).

Also asked about as…

eastern rite clergy marriage · married priests in the eastern churches (ed.)

In the index as Order · Sacred order

In the manuals

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. V, Scholion. On Sacred Order in the Eastern Churches, n. 783 — I. Sacred or major Order also in the Eastern Churches constitutes an impediment of marriage; in other words, major clerics after ordination cannot enter marriage, neither a first marriage nor, after the death of the firs… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Solemn Vows and Sacred Orders — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Palmieri, On Christian Marriage · 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.)