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title: "Summa Theologica, Second Half"
author: "Thomas Aquinas"
translator: "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Medieval"
section: 702 of 935
url: https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-second-half/702/
cite: "Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, Second Half, section 702. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-second-half/702/"
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# Summa Theologica, Second Half

*Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province*

Courage and temperance, the states of life, then Christ, the sacraments and the last things.

## 702. Supp. · Question 41: Matrimony

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[¶0] MATRIMONY (QQ 41-67)

[¶1] OF THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY AS DIRECTED TO AN OFFICE OF NATURE (FOUR ARTICLES)

[¶2] In the next place we must consider matrimony. We must treat of it (1) as directed to an office of nature; (2) as a sacrament; (3) as considered absolutely and in itself. Under the first head there are four points of inquiry:

[¶3] (1) Whether it is of natural law?

[¶4] (2) Whether it is a matter of precept?

[¶5] (3) Whether its act is lawful?

[¶6] (4) Whether its act can be meritorious?