A Topic of Moral Theology

The Obligation of the Confessor regarding Impediments

The Obligation of the Confessor regarding Impediments, as treated in Wouters (Scholion II. On the Obligation of the Confessor).

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confessor learns of a marriage impediment · priest knows an impediment from confession (ed.)

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In the manuals

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. I, Pt. III, Scholion II. On the Obligation of the Confessor, n. 697 — I. If the confessor detects an impediment which requires dispensation for the external forum, let him send the penitent to the pastor. If the confessor himself is the pastor of the penitent, let him exhort the penitent t… Read in context →

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter II: On Marriage as Sacrament, nn. 869 & 870 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Ch. II, Article V. On Certain Other Things to be Premised to the Celebration of Wedlock, nn. 852, 852, Q. 2, 852, Q. 3, 852, Q. 4, 852, Q. 5, 852, Q. 6, 852, Q. 7, 852, Q. 8, 852, Q. 9 & 852, Q. 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The banns of marriage — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · 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 · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases II · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)