| ### QUESTION 43 ### OF MATRIMONY WITH REGARD TO THE BETROTHAL ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### In the next place we must consider matrimony absolutely; and here we must treat (1) of the betrothal; (2) of the nature of matrimony; (3) of its efficient cause, namely the consent; (4) of its blessings; (5) of the impediments thereto; (6) of second marriages; (7) of certain things annexed to marriage. #### Under the first head there are three points of inquiry: #### (1) What is the betrothal? #### (2) Who can contract a betrothal? #### (3) Whether a betrothal can be canceled? ####  |