| ### QUESTION 189 ### OF THE ENTRANCE INTO RELIGIOUS LIFE ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the entrance into religious life. Under this head there are ten points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether those who are not practiced in the observance of the commandments should enter religion? #### (2) Whether it is lawful for a person to be bound by vow to enter religion? #### (3) Whether those who are bound by vow to enter religion are bound to fulfil their vow? #### (4) Whether those who vow to enter religion are bound to remain there in perpetuity? #### (5) Whether children should be received into religion? #### (6) Whether one should be withheld from entering religion through deference to one's parents? #### (7) Whether parish priests or archdeacons may enter religion? #### (8) Whether one may pass from one religious order to another? #### (9) Whether one ought to induce others to enter religion? #### (10) Whether serious deliberation with one's relations and friends is requisite for entrance into religion? ####  |