A Topic of Moral Theology
The Power of Local Ordinaries
The ordinary's power to dispense from the impediments of marriage, and its limits.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
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bishop dispensing from marriage impediments · bishop's power to dispense for marriage (ed.)
In the index as Bishop · Dispensation · Occult impediment · Article of death · Betrothed parties · Death · Delegated jurisdiction · Faculties granted during the time of Jubilee · Impediment of marriage · Matrimonial dispensation · Occult sinner · Perplexed case · Perplexing case · Priesthood · Reserved cases · Simple perpetual vow of chastity · The dying · The point or danger of death
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Question Six. On Matrimoni…, Article One. On Dispensati…, Section 2. On the Power of the Ordinary., nn. 608 & 609 (2 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. I, § II. On the Power of Local Ordinaries, nn. ¶1, 804, 805 & 806 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Matrimony, n. ¶200 — N. 861. - On the Power of Bishops in Public Diriment Impediments. "The proposition asserting that Bishops can dispense in a public impediment diriment of marriage, of consanguinity for a marriage to be contracted, whether in the article of death or in another most urgent necessity in w… Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Matrimony, n. 1044 — Dispensation by Only One Ordinary. "It is not necessary that, when those contracting Marriage dwell in different places, they be dispensed by both Ordinaries, namely that of the woman and that of the man, but by only one or the other, just as the Sacred P… Read in context →
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. 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050 & 1051 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. X, Ch. IX, Art. IV, § 2. On the Authority to Dispense, n. 857 — 857. 2. The faculty of dispensing belonging to local Ordinaries. For the sake of clarity, we distinguish the faculty of dispensing which belongs to bishops or local Ordinaries: 1. in urgent danger of death, 2. in other c… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Third Part: On the Impedim…, Question Four: On Dispensation from Impediments, n. 921 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Who can dispense from diriment impediments — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Palmieri, On Christian Marriage · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · 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.)