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title: "Summa Theologica, Second Half"
author: "Thomas Aquinas"
translator: "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Medieval"
section: 736 of 935
url: https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-second-half/736/
cite: "Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, Second Half, section 736. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-second-half/736/"
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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.

## 736. Supp. · Question 52: Of the Impediment of the Condition of Slavery (four Articles)

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[¶0] OF THE IMPEDIMENT OF THE CONDITION OF SLAVERY (FOUR ARTICLES)

[¶1] We must now consider the impediment of the condition of slavery. Under this head there are four points of inquiry:

[¶2] (1) Whether the condition of slavery is an impediment to matrimony?

[¶3] (2) Whether a slave can marry without his master's consent?

[¶4] (3) Whether a man who is already married can make himself a slave without his wife's consent?

[¶5] (4) Whether the children should follow the condition of their father or of their mother?