A Topic of Moral Theology

The Petition by which a Dispensation Is Sought for the External Forum

How a dispensation is petitioned for the external forum, and what the petition must contain.

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dispensation in the external forum · public dispensation request (ed.)

In the index as Dispensation · Matrimonial dispensation · Marriage · Executor · Penitentiary · Composition · Dataria · Delegation · Fee · Formulas · Fulmination of Dispensation · Impediment of marriage · Incestuous copula · Intimation · Notice · Perinde valere · Power · Revalidation Of Marriage · State of fortune · Tax (composition) for matrimonial dispensation · To Seek

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Six. On Matrimoni…, Article Four. On the Mode of Seeking Dispensation., nn. 616, 617, 618, 619 & 620 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. VIII, Diss. II, Pt. II, Insofar as It Is a Sacrament, Particularly, Sect. III, Ch. IV, Art. III, § III, Point I. On the Petition by which a Dispensation Is Sought for the External Forum, nn. ¶1, 816, 817, 818, 819 & 820 (6 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. II, Treatise on Matrimony, Ch. VI, Art. II, § III, Point III. On the Manner of Seeking a Dispensation, nn. 876, 877, 878, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888 & 889 (52 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter IV: On Dispensations and the Revalidation of Marriage, nn. 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083 & 1084 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Art. IV, § 4. On the Methods of Seeking a Dispensation, n. 870 — 870. 3. The method of seeking a dispensation when occult and public impediments occur at the same time. A dispensation from the public impediment must be sought as was said above, n. 867. In the petition for a dispensati… Read in context →

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Chapter VIII. On Matrimonial Dispensations, nn. 924 & 924, Q. 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Drafting the Petition — Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Slater, Cases II — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)