Talk:Canonical impediment

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• The text needs some work to specify which cases are "may not"and which are "cannot": that is, which are matters of liceity and which of validity. Some of the impediments (e.g., disparity of cult) are, if I understand aright, not matters of validity.

Also, sources should be cited for this article. Chonak 06:39, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Hello! I don't know much about ordination, but the part of this article that relates to marriage is in need of major editing. Being a bold Wikipedian, I will dive in.

As regards disparity of cult, it is a diriment (invalidating) impediment, but since it is part of ecclesiastical law as regards its invalidating nature, it only invalidates a marriage between a Catholic and a non-Christian. -- Cat Whisperer 03:27, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notes on Marriage Edits

Just some notes as I go -- Cat Whisperer 04:59, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

• Many of the items previously listed as impediments are actually factors of matrimonial consent instead, so I've moved them to a separate category.
• Local bishops cannot set minimum ages; only episcopal conferences can.

There is still much more to go, but I'm getting tired for now.

(above comment by Cat Whisperer).

• Thanks for giving this article a boost. I'll look forward to its further refinement. Chonak 06:12, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Further, ref ages, the age set by the Episcopal Conf is only for liceity, not for validity.DaveTroy 21:09, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Is there something that should be done to the article sentence: "Each national episcopal conference has the authority to set a higher minimum age as a prohibitive impediment" to make this clearer? -- Cat Whisperer 21:44, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Is it really true that the church in the United States does not recognize a higher age? Just because the complementary norm is not on their website does not mean that it does not exist. Also, I thought that in the United States, age was a diriment impediment, not merely a prohibitive impediment. 69.140.164.142 02:37, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

The Navarre commentary (Code of Canon Law Annotated, 2nd edition, 2004) contains an appendix with the complementary norms for English-speaking countries, and also does not list anything for canon 1083. -- Cat Whisperer 12:16, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Regarding canon 1089, the Navarre commentary says:

The indications given here provide a better understanding on dispensation. Per se, the impediment as such can be dispensed and the dispensation is, in principle, reserved to the local Ordinary and not to the Holy See (cf. c. 1078). Nevertheless, one should not expect a change in the previous practice of not dispensing from this impediment, since its cessation depends really on the will of the abductor.

-- Cat Whisperer 12:16, 9 April 2007 (UTC)