A Topic of Moral Theology
The Power of the Supreme Pontiff
What the Pope can and cannot dispense in the impediments of marriage.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
papal dispensation for marriage · pope dispensing from marriage impediments (ed.)
In the index as Dispensation · Faculties · Marriage · Matrimonial dispensation · Nullity · Penitentiary (Sacred) · Roman Pontiff · Sanation in the root · Children · Civil marriage · Componenda · Congregations · Declaration · Impediment of marriage · Impediments · Indults · Legitimacy · Legitimation Of Offspring · Pope · Quinquennial Faculties · The Supreme Pontiff · The poor
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 1. On the Power of the Supreme Pontiff., nn. 606 & 607 (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, § I. On the Power of the Supreme Pontiff, n. 803 — I. The Supreme Pontiff can dispense in all impediments of ecclesiastical law; indeed, since he himself is the legislator, he can validly dispense in them even without a cause. He cannot dispense in impediments of absolut… Read in context →
Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Matrimony, n. ¶82 — N. 771. - On Dispensation from Impediments in the Case of Impossibility of Recurring to the Apostolic See. "A certain Parish Priest had asked from his Ordinariate the faculty of dispensing the bridegroom over a double occult impediment of affinity, in the first degree, from illicit copulas which the same man had had both with… 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. 1041 (4 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. VII, Art. III, § II. On the Revalidation of Marriage with a Dispensation in the Root, n. 902 — 902. Principles. - I. The Church, or the Supreme Pontiff, can dispense in the root of marriage with respect to all impediments of ecclesiastical law. The reason is: 1. because to dispense in the root is nothing other tha… 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. 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044 & 1045 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Third Part: On the Impedim…, Question Four: On Dispensation from Impediments, nn. 919 & 920 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treatise on Christian Marriage
Ch. IV, Thesis XXXV, nn. ¶780–¶818 (39 passages)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XVIII, Chapter VIII. On Matrimonial Dispensations, nn. 920, 920, Q. 2 & 920, Q. 3 (3 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 · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · 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.)