| ### QUESTION 53 ### OF THE IMPEDIMENT OF VOWS AND ORDERS ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the impediment of vows and orders. Under this head there are four points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether a simple vow is a diriment impediment to matrimony? #### (2) Whether a solemn vow is a diriment impediment? #### (3) Whether order is an impediment to matrimony? #### (4) Whether a man can receive a sacred order after being married? ####  |