| ### QUESTION 42 ### OF MATRIMONY AS A SACRAMENT ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must next consider matrimony as a sacrament. Under this head there are four points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether matrimony is a sacrament? #### (2) Whether it ought to have been instituted before sin was committed? #### (3) Whether it confers grace? #### (4) Whether carnal intercourse belongs to the integrity of matrimony? ####  |