Relationship (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Joseph Delany · 1913
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Description
Relationship, carnal and spiritual, is the theologians' term for a connection between persons set up by nature or by civil or canon law. Three kinds are distinguished: natural, legal, and spiritual, though legal relationship lies outside this entry. Natural or carnal relationship springs from carnal intercourse of man and woman, marital or not, and takes two forms, consanguinity, blood kinship, and affinity, kinship by marriage.
Spiritual relationship comes from church law and attaches to Baptism and Confirmation. It runs between minister and recipient, and also between sponsors on one side and the recipient and his parents on the other. Under the discipline of the day it bars marriage between the persons named, acting as a diriment impediment, a barrier that makes a marriage invalid.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Joseph Delany |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |