Canon 1096 on Ignorance with Application to Tribunal and Pastoral Practice

by Girard M. Sherba

Overview

Before Vatican II, marriage was often considered, or at least popularly expressed, as a union of bodies; that is to say, marriage was an exclusive contract by which a man and a woman mutually handed over their bodies for the purpose of acts which led to the procreation of children. Matrimonial jurisprudence was primarily focused on this marital contract. With the advent of Vatican II and its emphasis on the personalist notion of marriage, a new age dawned whereby canonists, especially auditors of the Roman Rota, were henceforth to view marriage as a union of persons. "Person" is more than a "body"; rather, a person is an individual consisting of wants, needs, desires, impulses, hopes and dreams, whose life experience has been shaped by the milieu "cultural, familial, religious" from which he or she comes. "Union" is not only simply understood as a "contract", but also is now once again recognized as a "covenant", a concept which, at least in the Latin Church, was prevalent until the 12th century.

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ISBN-13:	9781581121346
Publisher:	Dissertation.Com
Publication date:	08/01/2001
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.44(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements	6
	Abbreviations	7
	Introduction	8
Chapter 1	Concept Of Ignorance In Canonical Tradition	12
	Introduction	12
I.	Ignorance In Classical Teachings	13
a.	Aristotle (384-322 BC)	14
b.	Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD)	16
c.	Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)	19
d.	Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)	23
II.	Ignorance And The Law	26
a.	Ignorance and Roman Law	27
b.	Ignorance in the Civil Law and the Canon Law	29
III.	Ignorance In Relation To Juridic Acts	33
	Conclusion	37
Chapter 2	Ignorance According To Canon 1082 Of The 1917 CIC And Jurisprudence Prior To Vatican II	39
	Introduction	39
I.	Ignorance In The Pre-1917 CIC Doctrine And Jurisprudence	39
a.	Congregation of the Council Decision, 15 March 1856	40
b.	Congregation of the Council Decision, 18 December 1869	40
c.	Congregation of the Council Decisions, Ventimiglia, 13 June 1885 and 19 May 1869	43
1.	The facts of the case	43
2.	The votum of the canonist	44
3.	The votum of the theologian	45
4.	The new presentation of the case; the new votum of the theologian	46
5.	The new animadversions of the Defender of Marriage	47
6.	The conclusions of the 1888 decision	48
II.	Ignorance According To Canon 1082 Of The 1917 CIC	50
a.	Context of canon 1082	50
b.	Canon 1082 in relation to canon 1081	50
1.	Matrimonial consent	51
2.	Object of matrimonial consent	53
c.	Canon 1082	55
1.	Ut matrimonialis consensus haberi possit...	57
2.	...Necesse est ut contrahentes saltem non ignorent matrimonium esse societatem permanentem inter virum et mulierem ad filios procreandos...	58
a.	"Minimalist school"	59
b.	"Maximalist school"	60
c.	"Traditionalist school"	61
d.	"A new way"	62
3.	...Societatem permanentem inter virum et mulierem...	62
4.	Haec ignorantia post pubertatem non praesumitur	64
	Conclusion	64
Chapter 3	Ignorance According To Canon 1096 of the 1983 CIC	67
	Introduction	67
I.	Vatican II	67
a.	Council documents in general pertaining to marriage	68
b.	Gaudium et spes in particular	70
c.	Vatican II and Rotal jurisprudence on ignorance	76
II.	The Revision Process	82
a.	1975 Schema	82
1.	From "societas" to "consortium"	83
2.	From "Ad filios procreandos" to "ordinatum ad prolem, cooperatione aliqua corporali, procreandum"	85
b.	1980 Schema	85
c.	1982 Schema	86
III.	Canon 1096 Of The 1983 CIC	87
a.	Context of canon 1096	87
b.	Text of canon 1096	88
1.	Ut matrimonialis consensus haberi possit necesse est ut contrahentes saltem non ignorent matrimonium esse...	89
2.	...Consortium...	91
3.	...Permanens...	93
4.	...Inter virum et mulier...	95
5.	...Ordinatum ad problem...procreandum...	95
6.	...Cooperatione aliqua sexuali...	96
7.	Haec ignorantia post pubertatem non praesumitur	96
c.	Canon 819 of the CCEO	99
	Conclusion	101
Chapter 4	Applicability Of Canon 1096	103
	Introduction	103
I.	Distinguishing Ignorance From Other Grounds Of Nullity	104
a.	Ignorance and canon 1095 (CCEO c. 818)	105
1.	Lack of sufficient reason (1[degree])	106
2.	Grave defect of discretion of judgment (2[degree])	107
3.	Inability to assume essential obligations (3[degree])	110
b.	Ignorance and error (cc. 1097, 1098, 1099; CCEO cc. 820, 821, 822)	111
c.	Ignorance and simulation (c. 1101; CCEO c. 824)	115
d.	Ignorance and condition (c. 1102; CCEO c. 826)	120
II.	Canon 1096 And The Tribunal	124
a.	The person who is ignorant of marriage	124
1.	In general	124
2.	Influence of culture	125
3.	Specific examples	127
a.	Permanent	127
b.	Consortium	128
c.	Between a man and a woman	128
d.	Ordered for the procreation of children	129
e.	By means of some sexual cooperation	129
b.	Ground specific questions to ask	129
c.	Application of what we know	132
III.	Canon 1096 And Preparation For Marriage	132
	Conclusion	136
	General Conclusion	138
	Appendix	141
	Bibliography	147
	Abstract	185