Summa Theologiae by St Thomas Aquinas
XP: Treatise On Contrition
Q64 Of The Things Annexed To Marriage, And First Of The Payment Of The Marriage Debt
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In the next place we must consider those things which are annexed to marriage: (1) the payment of the marriage debt; (2) plurality of wives; (3) bigamy; (4) the bill of divorce; (5) illegitimate children.

Under the first head there are ten points of inquiry:

A1 Whether one spouse is bound to pay the marriage debt to the other?

A2 Whether one is sometimes bound to pay without being asked?

A3 Whether a wife may demand the debt during the menses?

A4 Whether she is bound to pay it at that time?

A5 Whether husband and wife are equal in this matter?

A6 Whether the one without the other's consent may take a vow that prohibits the payment of the debt?

A7 Whether it is forbidden to ask for the debt at any particular time?

A8 Whether it is a mortal sin to ask for it at a holy time?

A9 Whether it is an obligation to pay it at the time of a festival?

A10 Whether weddings should be forbidden at certain times?

 
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