Ongoing marriage as an impediment to religious life (Can. 643 § 1, no. 2 of the Code of Canon Law)
Jerzy Adamczyk
The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1415-7378
Karolina Mazur
Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8551-9239
Abstract
The subject of this paper is the problem of an ongoing marriage as an impediment to religious life, as specified in Can. 643 § 1, no. 2 of the Code of Canon Law. The aim of the study was to show that current marriage prevents entry into a religious order – it is not only an impediment to admission to the novitiate, but also prevents religious life in general. The research objective thus defined was realised through a description and thorough analysis of the applicable regulations and texts of the Magisterium of the Church. The analysis of the aforementioned sources led to several main conclusions. Firstly, it was proven that marriage and religious life are mutually exclusive. Secondly, it was established that an ongoing marriage is an impediment to religious life which has legal consequences. Thirdly, the problem of the cessation of impedimentum ligaminis was clarified and the possible ways of its termination were shown.
Keywords:
religious institute, dispensation, marriage, impediment, virginityReferences
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The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1415-7378
Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II
Karolina Mazur – dr nauk teologicznych w zakresie prawa kanonicznego, dr prawa kanonicznego; Asystent w Katedrze Kanonicznego Prawa Procesowego na Wydziale Prawa Kanonicznego Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie; zainteresowania naukowe: kościelne prawo publiczne i konkordatowe, prawo procesowe, obowiązki i prawa wiernych.
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