| ### QUESTION 64 ### OF THE THINGS ANNEXED TO MARRIAGE, AND FIRST OF THE PAYMENT OF THE MARRIAGE DEBT ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### 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: #### (1) Whether one spouse is bound to pay the marriage debt to the other? #### (2) Whether one is sometimes bound to pay without being asked? #### (3) Whether a wife may demand the debt during the menses? #### (4) Whether she is bound to pay it at that time? #### (5) Whether husband and wife are equal in this matter? #### (6) Whether the one without the other's consent may take a vow that prohibits the payment of the debt? #### (7) Whether it is forbidden to ask for the debt at any particular time? #### (8) Whether it is a mortal sin to ask for it at a holy time? #### (9) Whether it is an obligation to pay it at the time of a festival? #### (10) Whether weddings should be forbidden at certain times? ####  |