A Topic of Moral Theology

The Church's prohibition; close time

Special and general prohibitions; solemnization in Advent and Lent.

In the index as Conjugal act, · Closed times · Clerics and vowed persons, marriage of · Time · Abduction · Adultery · Bishop · Blessing · Church · Closed time · Council of Barcelona · Council of Benevento · Due place · Heretic · Impediment · Impediment of marriage · Impediments in general · Lenten time · Marriage with an unworthy person · Menstruation · Prohibition of marriage · Prohibition of the Church · Solemnities

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

§ 3. On Time., nn. ¶1, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85 & 86 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. IX, Chapter IX. The Prohibitory Impediments, nn. ¶1, 1 & 2 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

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. II, Art. III, Scholion. On Marriage with an Unworthy Person, nn. ¶1 & 769 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter III: On the Impediments of Matrimony, nn. 893 & 894 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. II, Appendix: The Marriage Impediments Under the New Code of Canon Law, nn. ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Second Part: On the Celebr…, Question Three: On the Form or Rite of the Celebration of Matrimony, n. 853 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treatise on Christian Marriage

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Laodic…, 343-381, n. ¶901 — Canon LII. Nuptials or birthdays ought not be celebrated in Lent.Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Decretal Letter o…, A.D. 384, n. ¶976 — If you consider that even the use of marriage was illicit for penitents in the state of penance, since perpetual penance is prescribed to these monks, it is easily clear that ecclesiastical rights so prohibit unions of t… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Carthage, A.D. 398, n. ¶1002 — Canon CIV. If any widows, however much still placed in lesser years and left by a husband at mature age, have devoted themselves to the Lord and, having cast off lay clothing, have appeared in religious habit under the t… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Barcel…, A.D. 599, n. ¶1212 — Canon IV. If any virgin, by her own will, having cast aside lay dress and being clothed according to the manner of devoted women, has promised to preserve chastity, or if any persons of either sex, by seeking the blessin… Read in context →

Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Beneve…, Urban II Presiding, A.D. 1091, n. ¶1620 — Canon IV. From the day of Septuagesima up to the octave of Pentecost (other reading: to the octave of Easter), or from the day of the Lord's Advent up to the octave of Epiphany, marriages shall by no means be contracted.Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading The prohibitory impediments — Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist · Decretals of Gregory IX — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)