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title: "Summa Theologica, Second Half"
author: "Thomas Aquinas"
translator: "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Medieval"
section: 776 of 935
url: https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-second-half/776/
cite: "Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, Second Half, section 776. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-second-half/776/"
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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.

## 776. Supp. · Question 62: Of the Impediment That Supervenes to Marriage After Its Consummation,  Namely Fornication (six Articles)

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[¶0] OF THE IMPEDIMENT THAT SUPERVENES TO MARRIAGE AFTER ITS CONSUMMATION, NAMELY FORNICATION (SIX ARTICLES)

[¶1] We must now consider the impediment that supervenes upon marriage after its consummation, namely fornication, which is an impediment to a previous marriage as regards the act, although the marriage tie remains. Under this head there are six points of inquiry:

[¶2] (1) Whether it is lawful for a husband to put his wife away on account of fornication?

[¶3] (2) Whether he is bound to do so?

[¶4] (3) Whether he may put her away at his own judgment?

[¶5] (4) Whether in this matter husband and wife are of equal condition?

[¶6] (5) Whether, after being divorced, they must remain unmarried?

[¶7] (6) Whether they can be reconciled after being divorced?