Separation of married people; divorce courts

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 7 passages

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Ten. On the Reval…, Article Two. On Separation from a Cause of One Party., nn. 670 & 671 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Ten. On the Reval…, Article Three. On Civil Separation., nn. 672, 673, 674, 675 & 676 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Chapter VII. The Properties of Marriage, nn. 3 & 4 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 7 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Appendix II. On the Separation of Spouses, n. 837 — Separation of spouses or divorce is distinguished as threefold: namely, dissolution of the bond itself or full divorce; separation from bed and copula; and separation from bed, board, and cohabitation. The latter is call… Read in context →

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Appendix II. On the Separa…, Part II. On Semi-Full Divorce, nn. ¶1, 840, 841, 842, 843 & 844 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P.

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 4. Holy Orders; Matri…, Divorce and Separation, n. 2831 — The Lawfulness of Divorce and Separation. The Lawfulness of Divorce and Separation.—(a) Complete divorce, or dissolution of the bond with the right to remarry during the lifetime of the other spouse, is never lawful, except in the cases mentioned in 2787 e. More… Read in context →

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. — 17 passages

Vol. II, Treatise on Matrimony, Ch. III, Art. II, Namely, its Unity and Firm…, Point II. On the Firmness of Matrimony Insofar as It Regards the Bed, and on Divorce from the Bed, nn. 760, 761, 762, 763 & 764 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 11 passages

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter I: On Marriage as Contract, nn. 762, 769, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777 & 778 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

What Is Marriage? A Catechism Arranged According to the Encyclical “Casti Connubii” of Pope Pius XI

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 6 passages

Vermeersch, What Is Marriage?, Part Two: The Attack on Ma…, The Campaign Against the Sacrament, nn. 156, 157, 158, 159, 160 & 161 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 4 passages

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. VIII, Tit. VII, Art. II, Table, and Habitation, nn. 819, 820, 821 & 822 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 7 passages

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. III, Art. II, § 2, Or Separation Of Bed, Board, And Dwelling, nn. 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682 & 683 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Clement Marc, C.SS.R. — 7 passages

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. VIII, Ch. VII, Art. II, § 2. On The Legitimate Separation Of Spouses, nn. ¶2122, ¶2123, ¶2124, ¶2125, ¶1, ¶2 & ¶2126 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 53 passages

Chapter X: Concerning the Dissolution of Conjugal Life, nn. 267, ¶6916 & ¶6917 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Ch. X, Article I: Concerning the Separation of Spouses, nn. 268, ¶6919, ¶6920, 269, ¶6922–¶6936, 270, ¶6938, ¶6939, ¶6940, ¶6941, ¶6942, ¶6943, ¶6944, 271, ¶6946, ¶6947, ¶6948, ¶6949, ¶6950, 272, ¶6952, ¶6953, ¶6954, ¶6955, 273, ¶6957, 274, ¶6959, ¶6960, 275, ¶6962, 276, ¶6964, ¶6965, ¶6966 & ¶6967 (50 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 46 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Fourth Part: On the Obliga…, Question Two: On the Cohabitation of Spouses, nn. ¶1, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 968, 969 & 970 (46 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treatise on Christian Marriage

Dominic Palmieri, S.J. — 18 passages

Ch. III, Scholion, nn. ¶582, ¶583, ¶584, ¶585, ¶586 & ¶587 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Epaon, A.D. 517, n. ¶1129 — Canon XXXII. The widow of a presbyter or deacon, if she has remarried anyone, is to be driven from the Church so far until she is separated from the illicit union, her husband also being struck with similar severity unti… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Lyons, A.D. 583, n. ¶1181 — It is manifest that the return to the monastery prescribed for these girls comprehends separation from a spouse; therefore these fathers wish that the fault of a contracted marriage be healed by separation. Cf. Canon XIX… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 633, n. ¶1233 — The discourse concerns Christian women who, from Judaism, were converted to Christ after nuptials. Because of the danger of perversion it is prescribed that, unless the husband is converted, they are to be separated, and… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Leptin…, Legates of the Apostolic S…, A.D. 745, n. ¶1319 — Canon V. If anyone has held his stepson or stepdaughter before the bishop for confirmation, let him be separated from his wife and not accept another (from Fulbert of Chartres, Epistle 33).Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Statutes of St. B…, Tom. IX) after A.D. 751, n. ¶1325 — The discourse is not about dissolution of the bond, but about separation of the spouses, which, when fornication intervenes, can be done by the innocent party, the other unwilling; but this case being set aside, it is sa… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Vermer…, A.D. 753, n. ¶1348 — Namely, he who has slept with the sister of his wife shall no longer have relations with his wife, or shall be separated from her (cf. Canon II), nor can he accept that sister after the death of the wife; which indeed, e… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Responses of Step…, Otherwise II, which, While Dwelling in Francia, He Gave to the Britannic o…, A.D. 754, n. ¶1378 — Response XVIII. Concerning a woman separated from her husband, if her husband in a foreign province was falsely thought dead, in the epistle of blessed Pope Leo directed to Nicetas, Bishop of Aquileia, it is contained th… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Compie…, A.D. 756, n. ¶1399 — Canon XII. If anyone has held his stepson or stepdaughter before the Bishop for confirmation, let him be separated from his wife and not accept another. Similarly, let a woman (who has admitted the same thing) not accept… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Second Council of…, A.D. 813, n. ¶1445 — Canon XXXI. It was also told to us that certain women, some carelessly, some also fraudulently, in order to be separated from their husbands, held their own sons before bishops for confirmation. Whence we judged it fitti… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Roman Synod of Eu…, A.D. 826, n. ¶1452 — Namely, if he has attempted to lead another, existing as a transgressor, let him return to the former wife, from whom he was separated. It proceeds:Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Szabol…, A.D. 1092, n. ¶1625 — Chapter I. We command bigamous presbyters and deacons, and husbands of widows or repudiated women, to be separated, and, after penance has been completed, to return to their order. And those who are unwilling to dismiss … Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Title On Betrothals, Second, n. ¶1670 — Malice, namely, consists in this, that a spouse knowingly receives his own child from the sacred font to this end, that he may be separated from the other spouse. The Pontiff does not wish this fraud to support the same … Read in context →

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 20 passages

Slater, Cases II, Matrimony, Case 9. A Drunken Husband, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Slater, Cases II, Matrimony, Case 39. Unwilling to Return to Her Husband, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

The 1917 Code of Canon Law

Promulgated by Pope Benedict XV — 5 passages

Tit. VII, Ch. X, Art. II, Table, and Dwelling, cann. 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131 & 1132 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)

Pope Gregory IX — 9 passages

Bk. IV, Title XIX: On the Separation of Spouses, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)