A Topic of Moral Theology

The Causes of Dispensing

The causes that must be alleged for a dispensation, and their proportion to the law relaxed.

Also asked about as…

causes de-obliging from law · grounds for a dispensation · just cause for dispensation · reasons for a dispensation (ed.)

In the index as Dispensation · Matrimonial dispensation · Promulgation of law · Superior · Causes de-obliging from law · Doubt · Fraud · Obreption · Truth · Acceptance · Cause · Dispensation of vows · End · False · Fulmination of dispensation · Impulsive · Legitimate · License · Motive · Presumed voluntary · Subreption

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

§ 2. On the Causes of Dispensation., nn. 185, 186 & 187 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Six. On Matrimoni…, Article Three. On the Causes of Dispensing., nn. 613, 614 & 615 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. VIII, § III, Point III. On the Causes of Dispensing, nn. 185, 186 & 187 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. III, Art. VIII, § 2. On the Cessation of the Obligation of Law by Dispensation, nn. 251, 252, 253 & 255 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Sixth Part: On Ecclesiasti…, Third Question: On the Mut…, Article III: On Dispensation, nn. 386, 387 & 388 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. III, Pt. I, Ch. X, Article II. On the Causes Required for Dispensing, nn. 101, 102, 102, Q. 2 & 103 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On the Change of Laws, On dispensation, nn. 16–36 (21 passages)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, Volume III: On the Decalogue

Diss. III, Chapter XIII — For a valid and licit dispensation, a reasonable cause is necessary, n. IX — IX. Question III. What are the legitimate causes for granting dispensation? Response: Before I assign the causes individually, I will preface a few general points, which authors commonly note must be observed in dispensa… Read in context →

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Bk. III, Diss. IX, Chapter V — On the cessation, invalidation, dispensation, and commutation of vows, n. XXX — XXX. Question XXIII. What are legitimate causes of dispensation? Answer. Three things must be noted: 1. what is lawful according to equity; 2. what is fitting according to honesty; 3. what is expedient according to utili… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Dispensations — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · 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.)