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== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19942" /> == | |||
<p> the want of procreative power, is, according to the ecclesiastical law of the [[Roman]] [[Catholic]] Church, a good ground for either of the two parties annulling the marriage, if the impotency existed at the time the contract was entered into (cap. 2, 3, 4, X, De frigidis, 4,15). But the defect must not only be proved by competent medical advisers, but also pronounced by them as incurable (cap. 4:14, X, De probationibus, 2, 19; cap. 5, 6, 7, X, De frigidis, 4, 15; Resolutio 96 to Sess. 24 of the [[Tridentine]] [[Council]] of 1731, 1732, in the [[Leipzig]] edition by Richter, p. 258 sq.). If any doubt arises the marriage contract continues in force three years longer, to further test the impotency of the person so accused. At the expiration of this additional term of trial the oath of one or both of the parties is necessary to obtain permission for separation. The oldest ecclesiastical laws of the [[Protestants]] follow in the main these practices (compare Goschen, Doctrina de matrimonio, note 6, p. 102-106; Eichhorn, Kirchenrecht, 2, 348; Permanender, Kirchenrecht, p. 697; Walter, Kirchenrecht, p. 305). In Great Britain this practice is sanctioned by the civil law of the land (compare Chambers, Encyclop, 5, 1127). See Herzog, Real-Encyklop. 3:474. (See Matrimony). (J. H.W.) </p> | <p> or IMPOTENCE, is considered as natural and moral. [[Natural]] is the want of some physical principle necessary to an action, or where a being is absolutely defective, or not free and at liberty to act. [[Moral]] impotency imports a great difficulty; as a strong habit to the contrary; a violent passion; or the like. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_130441" /> == | |||
<p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) [[Want]] of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (n.) Want of self-restraint or self-control. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_45091" /> == | |||
<p> the want of procreative power, is, according to the ecclesiastical law of the [[Roman]] [[Catholic]] Church, a good ground for either of the two parties annulling the marriage, if the impotency existed at the time the contract was entered into (cap. 2, 3, 4, X, [[De]] frigidis, 4,15). But the defect must not only be proved by competent medical advisers, but also pronounced by them as incurable (cap. 4:14, X, De probationibus, 2, 19; cap. 5, 6, 7, X, De frigidis, 4, 15; Resolutio 96 to Sess. 24 of the [[Tridentine]] [[Council]] of 1731, 1732, in the [[Leipzig]] edition by Richter, p. 258 sq.). If any doubt arises the marriage contract continues in force three years longer, to further test the impotency of the person so accused. At the expiration of this additional term of trial the oath of one or both of the parties is necessary to obtain permission for separation. The oldest ecclesiastical laws of the [[Protestants]] follow in the main these practices (compare Goschen, Doctrina de matrimonio, note 6, p. 102-106; Eichhorn, Kirchenrecht, 2, 348; Permanender, Kirchenrecht, p. 697; Walter, Kirchenrecht, p. 305). In [[Great]] Britain this practice is sanctioned by the civil law of the land (compare Chambers, Encyclop, 5, 1127). See Herzog, Real-Encyklop. 3:474. (See Matrimony). (J. H.W.) </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_19942"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-buck-theological-dictionary/impotency Impotency from Charles Buck Theological Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_130441"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/impotency Impotency from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_45091"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/impotency Impotency from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_45091"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/impotency Impotency from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 08:05, 12 October 2021
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [1]
or IMPOTENCE, is considered as natural and moral. Natural is the want of some physical principle necessary to an action, or where a being is absolutely defective, or not free and at liberty to act. Moral impotency imports a great difficulty; as a strong habit to the contrary; a violent passion; or the like.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1):
(n.) Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness.
(2):
(n.) The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility.
(3):
(n.) Want of self-restraint or self-control.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
the want of procreative power, is, according to the ecclesiastical law of the Roman Catholic Church, a good ground for either of the two parties annulling the marriage, if the impotency existed at the time the contract was entered into (cap. 2, 3, 4, X, De frigidis, 4,15). But the defect must not only be proved by competent medical advisers, but also pronounced by them as incurable (cap. 4:14, X, De probationibus, 2, 19; cap. 5, 6, 7, X, De frigidis, 4, 15; Resolutio 96 to Sess. 24 of the Tridentine Council of 1731, 1732, in the Leipzig edition by Richter, p. 258 sq.). If any doubt arises the marriage contract continues in force three years longer, to further test the impotency of the person so accused. At the expiration of this additional term of trial the oath of one or both of the parties is necessary to obtain permission for separation. The oldest ecclesiastical laws of the Protestants follow in the main these practices (compare Goschen, Doctrina de matrimonio, note 6, p. 102-106; Eichhorn, Kirchenrecht, 2, 348; Permanender, Kirchenrecht, p. 697; Walter, Kirchenrecht, p. 305). In Great Britain this practice is sanctioned by the civil law of the land (compare Chambers, Encyclop, 5, 1127). See Herzog, Real-Encyklop. 3:474. (See Matrimony). (J. H.W.)