A Topic of Moral Theology

The Duty of Conjugal Companionship and Assistance

The common life of husband and wife, and the help each owes the other.

In the index as Divorce · Spouses (Conjuges) · Matrimony · Husband (Maritus) · Wife (Uxor) · Cohabitation of Spouses (Cohabitatio conjugum) · Support (Alimenta) · Adultery · Cohabitation · Love (Amor) · Rights and duties of spouses · Children · Confessor · Correction from Office (Correctio ex officio) · Duties of bishops · Education · Effects · Fidelity · Obedience · Offspring · Parents · Reverence (Reverentia) · Abstinence from the use of marriage · An adulterer loses the right of cohabiting and seeking the debt

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 2. Duties of Members …, The Duty of Conjugal Companionship and Assistance, n. 2626 — Marriage as a Sacrament. Marriage as a Sacrament.—The third benefit of marriage is that of the Sacrament. The union of man and wife is not merely a physical union, but also a social one, and it should be modelled on the union of Christ and the C… Read in context →

Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)

Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Third Commentary: On the F…, VI. On the Obligations of Spouses, n. 100 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Fourth Precept of t…, Chapter III. On the Obligations of Spouses, nn. 378, 379, 380 & 381 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. V, Pt. II, Ch. II, Section 1: The Mutual Duties of the Married, nn. ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

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

Vermeersch, What Is Marriage?, Part One: The Blessings of…, The Second Blessing: Conjugal Fidelity, nn. 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 & 61 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

On Chastity and on the Contrary Vices: A Doctrinal and Moral Treatise

Ch. I, Appendix. On the Consequent Duty of Cohabiting, nn. 256, ¶1384, ¶1385, ¶1386, ¶1387, ¶1388, ¶1389, ¶1390, ¶1391, ¶1392, ¶1393, ¶1394 & ¶1395 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. IV, CHAPTER III: On the Mutual Duties of Spouses, nn. ¶1, ¶703, ¶704, ¶2 & ¶3 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. VIII, Ch. VII, Article II: On The Cohabitation Of Spouses, n. ¶1 — Spouses, on account of the undivided manner of life by which they are bound to each other in turn, and on account of the mutual help which one ought to furnish to the other, are held to cohabit together, unless a legitim… Read in context →

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. VIII, Ch. VII, Art. II, § 1. On The Obligation Of Cohabiting, nn. ¶2120 & ¶2121 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

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)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, CHAPTER III: ON THE OBLIGATIONS OF SPOUSES, nn. ¶441, ¶442, ¶443, ¶444 & ¶445 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Ch. IX, Article I: Concerning the Rights and Duties of Spouses, nn. 257, ¶6872, 258, ¶6874, 259, ¶6876, ¶6877, 260, ¶6879, 261 & ¶6881 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

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)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Slater, Cases II, Matrimony, Case 36. Cohabitation of Married People, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion

Pt. III, II. THE SACRAMENTS, 7. MATRIMONY, The Duties of the Married, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Obligations of Husband and Wife — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases I · The Roman Catechism · Scott, You and Yours — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)