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The Extraordinary Juridic Form

Marriage before witnesses alone, where the competent priest cannot be had or cannot be approached.

The works themselves ask 5 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

marriage in danger of death without a priest · marriage without a priest · marrying before witnesses only · no priest available for a wedding (ed.)

In the index as Extraordinary cases · Form · Matrimony · Celebration of matrimony · The point or danger of death · Absence · Assistance · Celebration of marriage · Death · Passive assistance of the priest at matrimony is always invalid · Quasi-domicile · Vicars · Witness

In the manuals

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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J.

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Eight. On the For…, Article Five. When the Obligation to the Form Ceases., n. 652 — 652. In a twofold case, in which the competent priest who assists at matrimony either cannot be had or cannot be approached without grave inconvenience, the obligation of observing the prescribed form ceases. 1. In dange… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 4 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Pt. II, Insofar as It Is a Sacrament, Particularly, Sect. II, Ch. I, Article II. On the Extraordinary Juridic Form, nn. ¶1, 738, 739 & 740 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 4 passages

Vol. IV, Appendix, Concerning Betrothals and Marriage, Concerning Marriage, nn. ¶23, ¶24, ¶25 & ¶26 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S.

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter III: On the Impediments of Matrimony, n. 1032 — 1032. 3° Form to be observed in extraordinary cases. Can. 1098 decrees that "if the pastor or Ordinary or delegated priest cannot be had or approached without grave inconvenience," marriage is contracted validly and lici… Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 2 passages

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. VIII, Art. II, § 2. The Valid and Licit Extraordinary Celebration of Matrimony, nn. 773 & 774 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 33 passages

Ch. VII, Article III: The Form Permitted by the Code in Extraordinary Cases, nn. 222, ¶6657, ¶6658, ¶6659, 223, ¶6661, ¶6662, ¶6663, ¶6664, ¶6665, ¶6666, ¶6667, ¶6668, ¶6669, ¶6670, ¶6671, ¶6672, 224, ¶6674, ¶6675, ¶6676, ¶6677, ¶6678, ¶6679, ¶6680, ¶6681, 225, ¶6683, ¶6684, ¶6685, ¶6686, ¶6687 & 226 (33 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 18 passages

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. 849 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J.

Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Chapter VII. On the Celebration of Marriage, n. 915, Q. 4 — Question 4. Can marriage be contracted before only two witnesses in danger of death, if the conditions of this canon are verified? Resp. Affirmatively.Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Clandestine marriage and the form of marriage — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases II — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)