A Topic of Moral Theology
The Consent of Parents
How far the consent of parents is required for marriage, and what weight their opposition carries.
The works themselves ask 5 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Consent · Parents, consent of · Betrothal · Clerics and vowed persons, marriage of · Council of Toledo · Matrimony · Parents · Abduction · Council of Meaux and Paris · Council of Orleans · Impotence · Minors · Things preliminary to Marriage · To hate one's parents
In the manuals
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Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter II: On Marriage as Sacrament, nn. 873, 874, 875 & 876 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, First Part: On Matrimony I…, Question Four: On the Cause of Matrimony, or On Consent, nn. ¶1, 796, 797 & 798 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treatise on Christian Marriage
Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 527 or 531, n. ¶1135 — Canon I. Concerning those whom the will of their parents has bound from the first years of infancy to the office of clericate, we establish that this is to be observed: that as soon as they have been tonsured or handed o… Read in context →
Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Orleans, A.D. 541, nn. ¶1158, ¶1160 & ¶1162 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Paris, about A.D. 557, n. ¶1168 — Canon VI. Let no one presume to abduct a widow or the daughter of another outside the will of the parents, or judge that she is to be sought by the king's favor. But if he has done this, similarly removed from the commun… Read in context →
Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Toledo, A.D. 589, n. ¶1186 — Canon X. Widows to whom it has pleased to hold chastity shall not be forced by any force to come to repeated nuptials. But if, before they profess continence, they have chosen to marry, let them marry those whom they hav… Read in context →
Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Appendix: Conspectus of th…, From the Council of Meaux …, A.D. 845-46, nn. ¶1467, ¶1468 & ¶1471 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Bk. III, Capitulum 463, Has Thus, n. ¶1480 — You see that the Franks always had this especially at heart: that nuptials be made with the consent of parents.Read in context →
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Matrimony, Case 6. Parents Against Marriage, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. II, The Sacrament of Matrimony, n. ¶63 — Consent Of Parents. Among other things, children should be exhorted earnestly that they owe as a tribute of respect to their parents, or to those under whose guardianship and authority they are placed, not to contract marriage without their… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Matrimony — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, What Is Marriage? · Vermeersch, On Chastity · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis and 7 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)