A Topic of Moral Theology
The Obligation of Marrying
The Obligation of Marrying, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 2. Duties of Members of Domestic and Civil Society).
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Marriage · Betrothal · Gnostics · Increase and multiply · Manichaeans · Matrimony
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 2. Duties of Members …, The Obligation of Marrying, n. 2627 — The Duties of Persons Engaged to Marry. The Duties of Persons Engaged to Marry.—We shall speak first of the duty of entering into a nuptial engagement, and next of the duties which engagement imposes. (a) Per se, there is no obligation for an individual to mar… Read in context →
Treatise on Christian Marriage
Ch. I, Thesis V, nn. ¶107–¶123 (17 passages)
Treated under the broader heading The religious state and the obligations it brings — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Slater, Cases II · St. Alphonsus, True Spouse — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)