Clandestinity (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
James David O'Neill · 1913
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Clandestinity is the matrimonial impediment Trent introduced by the decree Tametsi. Anyone attempting marriage otherwise than before the parish priest, or another priest with his or the ordinary's leave, and before two or three witnesses, is rendered incapable of the contract. Such a contract is null and void. The council upheld earlier clandestine marriages until annulled, yet declared the Church always abhorred and prohibited them.
That antipathy runs back to Ignatius of Antioch, who urged marriage with the bishop's consent, and to Tertullian, who judged unions without church authority near fornication. A Fourth Council of Carthage canon, so called, required presentation to a priest for blessing. The decree's reach varied with promulgation. It was never published in England, Scotland, or Scandinavia, and Benedict the Fourteenth settled its application to Dutch heretics. Delegation of the priest's faculty, special or general, raised further questions of validity and liceity.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | James David O'Neill |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |